Plenary sitting, Wednesday, 10 April 2024
55 decisions: 49 adopted, 6 rejected. 479 ballots in all, 223 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 14:08 and 19:23.
Tightest result: Addressing situations of crisis and force majeure — adopted 301 to 272.
New EU laws · 33
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
Decision 1:Common procedure for international protection in the Union
Committee report by Fabienne Keller · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 27 ballots
Adopted by a small majority 301 for · 269 against · 51 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 2:Asylum and migration management
Committee report by Tomas Tobé · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 26 ballots
Adopted by a small majority 322 for · 266 against · 31 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 3:Addressing situations of crisis and force majeure
Committee report by Juan Fernando López Aguilar · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 17 ballots
Adopted narrowly 301 for · 272 against · 46 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 4:Establishing a return border procedure, and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1148
Committee report by Fabienne Keller · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by a small majority 329 for · 253 against · 40 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 5:European Criminal Records Information System – third-country nationals
Committee report by Birgit Sippel · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by a large majority 414 for · 182 against · 29 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by The Left and Verts/ALE; ESN split.
Decision 6:Union Resettlement Framework
Committee report by Malin Björk · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 26 ballots, incl. 1 amendment
Adopted by a large majority 452 for · 154 against · 14 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 7:Establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013, for identifying an illegally staying third-country national or stateless person and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes (recast)
Committee report by Jorge Buxadé Villalba · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 5 ballots
Adopted by a large majority 404 for · 202 against · 16 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by The Left and Verts/ALE; ESN split.
Decision 8:Standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection
Committee report by Matjaž Nemec · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 19 ballots, incl. 1 amendment
Adopted by a small majority 340 for · 249 against · 34 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 9:Standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast)
Committee report by Sophia in 't Veld · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 23 ballots
Adopted by a large majority 398 for · 162 against · 60 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN; The Left mostly abstained.
Decision 10:Laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2016/679
Committee report by Sergey Lagodinsky · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 12 ballots
Adopted by a clear majority 329 for · 213 against · 79 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D and Renew; opposed by PPE and ECR; PfE mostly abstained; ESN split.
Decision 11:New Regulation on Construction Products
Committee report by Christian Doleschal · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 505 for · 40 against · 78 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; The Left and PfE mostly abstained; ESN split.
Decision 12:Methane emissions reduction in the energy sector
Committee report by Pascal Canfin, Jutta Paulus · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 530 for · 63 against · 28 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE and ESN.
Decision 13:Amending Directive 2013/34/EU as regards the time limits for the adoption of sustainability reporting standards for certain sectors and for certain third-country undertakings
Committee report by Axel Voss · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 562 for · 44 against · 15 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left.
Decision 14:Mercury: dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export restrictions
Committee report by Marlene Mortler · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 575 for · 12 against · 38 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; PfE and ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 15:Strengthening the CO2 emission performance targets for new heavy-duty vehicles
Committee report by Bas Eickhout · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 12 ballots
Adopted by a small majority 341 for · 268 against · 14 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D and Renew; opposed by PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 16:European environmental economic accounts: new modules
Committee report by Pascal Canfin · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by a large majority 492 for · 82 against · 48 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by PfE and ESN; ECR split.
Decision 17:Foodstuffs for human consumption: amending certain ‘breakfast’ directives
Committee report by Alexander Bernhuber · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 603 for · 9 against · 10 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 18:Union certification framework for carbon removals
Committee report by Lídia Pereira · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 2 ballots
Adopted by a large majority 441 for · 139 against · 41 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 19:Standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment and equal opportunities between women and men in matters of employment and occupation
Committee report by Sirpa Pietikäinen, Marc Angel · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by a large majority 479 for · 116 against · 25 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 20:Temporary derogation: combating online child sexual abuse
Committee report by Birgit Sippel · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by a large majority 469 for · 112 against · 37 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by The Left and Verts/ALE; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 21:Conservation, management and control measures applicable in the area covered by the NEAFC Convention
Committee report by Francisco Guerreiro · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by a clear majority 353 for · 214 against · 55 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D and Renew; opposed by PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 22:Amending Directive 2009/18/EC establishing the fundamental principles governing the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector
Committee report by Caroline Nagtegaal · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 613 for · 3 against · 7 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 23:Amending Directive 2009/16/EC on port State control
Committee report by Vera Tax · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 593 for · 3 against · 28 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN split.
Decision 24:Amending Directive 2009/21/EC on compliance with flag State requirements
Committee report by Vera Tax · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 590 for · 20 against · 10 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 25:Amending Directive 2005/35/EC on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties for infringements
Committee report by Marian-Jean Marinescu · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 583 for · 27 against · 12 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN split.
Decision 26:Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Directive)
Committee report by Martin Hojsík · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 98 ballots, incl. 46 amendments
Adopted by a clear majority 336 for · 242 against · 33 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D and Renew; opposed by PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 27:Accounting of greenhouse gas emissions of transport services
Committee report by Barbara Thaler · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 22 ballots, incl. 6 amendments
Adopted by a clear majority 349 for · 243 against · 12 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D and Renew; opposed by PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 28:VAT: amendment of the EU-Norway Agreement on administrative cooperation, combating fraud and recovery of claims
Committee report by Irene Tinagli · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 609 for · 3 against · 1 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 29:Establishing a Head Office Tax system for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, and amending Directive 2011/16/EU
Committee report by Lídia Pereira · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Adopted by a large majority 443 for · 110 against · 51 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, ECR and ESN; PfE mostly abstained.
Decision 30:Transfer pricing
Committee report by Kira Marie Peter-Hansen · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Adopted by a large majority 438 for · 99 against · 63 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR and ESN; The Left mostly abstained; PfE split.
Decision 31:Union code relating to medicinal products for human use
Committee report by Pernille Weiss · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 19 ballots, incl. 7 amendments
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 495 for · 57 against · 45 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left and PfE; ESN split.
Decision 32:Union procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human use and rules governing the European Medicines Agency
Committee report by Tiemo Wölken · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 40 ballots, incl. 5 amendments
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 488 for · 67 against · 34 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left, PfE and ESN.
Decision 33:Urban wastewater treatment
Committee report by Nils Torvalds · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 481 for · 79 against · 26 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR and ESN; PfE split.
International agreements & consent · 10
Treaties and agreements Parliament can only approve or refuse as a whole — no amendments are possible.
Decision 34:Council Directive on standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment between persons irrespective of their racial or ethnic origin, equal treatment in matters of employment and occupation between persons irrespective of their religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, equal treatment between women and men in matters of social security and in the access to and supply of goods and services, and amending Directives 2000/43/EC and 2004/113/EC
Committee report by Sirpa Pietikäinen · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Adopted by a large majority 495 for · 106 against · 18 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 35:Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
Committee report by Tomas Tobé · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Adopted by a large majority 448 for · 31 against · 131 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by ESN; The Left, Verts/ALE and PfE mostly abstained.
Decision 36:EU/Côte d’Ivoire Voluntary Partnership Agreement: forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and timber products to the EU
Committee report by Karin Karlsbro · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 585 for · 10 against · 20 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 37:Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Argentine Republic amending the Agreement of the European Union and the Argentine Republic pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union
Committee report by Jordi Cañas · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 545 for · 34 against · 36 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and ESN; opposed by PfE; The Left split.
Decision 38:Agreement between the European Union and Iceland on supplementary rules in relation to the instrument for financial support for border management and visa policy, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund
Committee report by Malik Azmani · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 504 for · 30 against · 73 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left; Verts/ALE mostly abstained.
Decision 39:Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Arab Republic of Egypt pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union
Committee report by Marco Campomenosi · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 493 for · 5 against · 107 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; The Left and Verts/ALE mostly abstained.
Decision 40:Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway on supplementary rules in relation to the instrument for financial support for border management and visa policy, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund
Committee report by Charlie Weimers · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 509 for · 32 against · 71 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left; Verts/ALE mostly abstained.
Decision 41:Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on supplementary rules in relation to the instrument for financial support for border management and visa policy, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund
Committee report by Jadwiga Wiśniewska · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 503 for · 34 against · 73 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left; Verts/ALE mostly abstained.
Decision 42:Conclusion of an Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part, on cooperation between the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) and the competent authorities for judicial cooperation in criminal matters of the Republic of Armenia
Committee report by Cindy Franssen, Kira Marie Peter-Hansen · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 569 for · 6 against · 28 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; The Left mostly abstained.
Decision 43:Agreement between the European Union and the Principality of Liechtenstein on supplementary rules in relation to the instrument for financial support for border management and visa policy, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund
Committee report by Lena Düpont · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 492 for · 32 against · 75 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left; Verts/ALE mostly abstained.
Resolutions & reports · 5
Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.
Decision 44:Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure implementing the parliamentary reform ‘Parliament 2024’
Committee report by Salvatore De Meo · 77 ballots, incl. 25 amendments
Adopted by a large majority 429 for · 148 against · 47 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE and PfE; opposed by Verts/ALE and ECR; The Left mostly abstained; ESN split.
Decision 45:Screening of third-country nationals at the external borders
Committee report by Birgit Sippel · 15 ballots
Adopted by a clear majority 366 for · 229 against · 26 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, PfE and ESN.
Decision 46:EU/Côte d’Ivoire Voluntary Partnership Agreement: forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and timber products to the EU (resolution)
Committee report by Karin Karlsbro
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 521 for · 11 against · 78 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, PfE and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.
Decision 47:Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (resolution)
Committee report by Tomas Tobé
Adopted by a large majority 451 for · 47 against · 104 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by PfE and ESN; The Left and ECR mostly abstained.
Decision 48:Handling of heavy goods vehicles at border crossing points
Motion for a resolution
Adopted by show of hands, no counts recorded
Agenda requests · 7
Requests by political groups to add or change debates on the week’s agenda.
Decision 49:Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the ECR Group (A9-0329/2023)
Rejected by a large majority 70 for · 277 against · 27 abstainedBacked by ECR and PfE; opposed by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; The Left mostly abstained.
Decision 50:Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the ECR Group (A9-0138/2024)
Rejected by a small majority 160 for · 199 against · 15 abstainedBacked by PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D and Renew.
Decision 51:Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the ECR Group (addition of Council and Commission statements)
Rejected by a clear majority 125 for · 180 against · 31 abstainedBacked by ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; The Left mostly abstained.
Decision 52:Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the Verts/ALE Group (Russia)
Rejected by a large majority 111 for · 228 against · 4 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, PfE and ESN; opposed by S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR.
Decision 53:Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the ID Group
Rejected by an overwhelming majority 58 for · 279 against · 6 abstainedBacked by ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE.
Decision 54:Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the Verts/ALE Group (Hungary)
Adopted by a large majority 268 for · 62 against · 8 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 55:Thursday’s agenda – Request by the ID Group
Rejected by a large majority 61 for · 248 against · 7 abstainedBacked by ECR and PfE; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE.
New here? How plenary voting works
- A sitting
- One day of voting in plenary. Each subject is a report, resolution, agreement or objection; they are grouped by kind of decision, and each group says what “adopted” means there.
- The ballots
- Members vote on amendments and on parts of the text first, then on the text as a whole. That final, decisive vote is the result shown at the top of each subject.
- Who voted how
- Only roll-call votes record each Member’s vote — open one for every name and the breakdown by group. A show of hands records the outcome only.
- Document & procedure
- Each subject rests on a document (a committee report, a motion, a Council or Commission text) and belongs to a procedure, the whole file that can span years.
- Group badges
- How most of a group voted: ✓ For · ✗ Against · – Abstained · ~ Split (no majority).