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Plenary sitting, Thursday, 14 March 2024

17 decisions: 17 adopted. 142 ballots in all, 94 by , between 12:08 and 12:39.

Tightest result: The adoption of the Special Measure in favour of Tunisia for 2023 — adopted 243 to 167.

New EU laws · 5

Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.

  1. Decision 1:Subscription by the Union to additional shares in the capital of the EBRD and amendment of the Agreement establishing the EBRD

    · 2 ballots

    Adopted by an overwhelming majority 476 for · 42 against · 31 abstained

    Backed by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE and ESN; The Left mostly abstained.

  2. Decision 2:Industrial property: legal protection of designs (recast)

    Committee report by Gilles Lebreton ·

    Adopted by an overwhelming majority 455 for · 7 against · 68 abstained

    Backed by The Left, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; Verts/ALE mostly abstained.

  3. Decision 3:Industrial property: protection of Community designs

    Committee report by Gilles Lebreton ·

    Adopted by an overwhelming majority 447 for · 14 against · 66 abstained

    Backed by The Left, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; Verts/ALE mostly abstained.

  4. Decision 4:Reporting requirements for infrastructures for spatial information

    Committee report by Ivan Vilibor Sinčić ·

    Adopted by an overwhelming majority 550 for · 1 against · 2 abstained

    Backed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.

  5. Decision 5:Reporting requirements in the fields of food and food ingredients, outdoor noise, patients’ rights, and radio equipment

    Committee report by Ivan Vilibor Sinčić ·

    Adopted by an overwhelming majority 538 for · 2 against · 7 abstained

    Backed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.

Budget & emergency funds · 1

Budget decisions: the annual budget, amending budgets, solidarity and adjustment funds, and discharge (approving how a budget was spent).

  1. Decision 8:Financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (recast)

    Committee report by Monika Hohlmeier, Nils Ušakovs · · 9 ballots

    Adopted by a large majority 437 for · 45 against · 72 abstained

    Backed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by PfE; ECR mostly abstained; ESN split.

Resolutions & reports · 9

Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.

  1. Decision 9:The immediate risk of mass starvation in Gaza and the attacks on humanitarian aid deliveries

    Motion for a resolution · 39 ballots, incl. 26 amendments

    Adopted by a large majority 372 for · 44 against · 120 abstained

    Backed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; ECR, PfE and ESN mostly abstained.

  2. Decision 10:The repressive environment in Afghanistan, including public executions and violence against women

    Motion for a resolution · 17 ballots, incl. 5 amendments

    Adopted by an overwhelming majority 513 for · 9 against · 24 abstained

    Backed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN mostly abstained.

  3. Decision 11:The case of Rocío San Miguel and General Hernández Da Costa, among other political prisoners in Venezuela

    Motion for a resolution · 6 ballots

    Adopted by an overwhelming majority 497 for · 22 against · 27 abstained

    Backed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN mostly abstained.

  4. Decision 12:Return of Romanian national treasure illegally appropriated by Russia

    Motion for a resolution · 33 ballots, incl. 15 amendments

    Adopted by show of hands, no counts recorded

  5. Decision 13:The time the European Commission takes to deal with requests for public access to documents

    Motion for a resolution · 15 ballots, incl. 14 amendments

    Adopted by an overwhelming majority 535 for · 1 against · 1 abstained

    Backed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.

  6. Decision 14:Creation of a European initiative for an annual designation of European capitals for children

    Motion for a resolution · 10 ballots

    Adopted by show of hands, no counts recorded

  7. Decision 15:The adoption of the Special Measure in favour of Tunisia for 2023

    Motion for a resolution · 3 ballots, incl. 2 amendments

    Adopted by a clear majority 243 for · 167 against · 41 abstained

    No roll call, so how each group voted is not recorded.

  8. Decision 16:Cohesion policy 2014-2020 – implementation and outcomes in the Member States

    Committee report by Andrey Novakov

    Adopted by an overwhelming majority 433 for · 36 against · 51 abstained

    Backed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by ESN; PfE mostly abstained.

  9. Decision 17:Nomination of a member of the Court of Auditors – Carlo Alberto Manfredi Selvaggi

    Committee report

    Adopted by a clear majority 316 for · 186 against · 31 abstained

    Secret ballot, so how each group voted is not recorded.

New here? How plenary voting works
A sitting
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The ballots
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Who voted how
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Document & procedure
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Group badges
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