Plenary sitting, Wednesday, 24 April 2024
54 decisions: 53 adopted, 1 rejected. 269 ballots in all, 129 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 13:24 and 18:54.
Tightest result: Schengen Borders Code — adopted 311 to 267.
New EU laws · 44
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
Decision 1:Trans-European transport network
Committee report by Barbara Thaler, Dominique Riquet · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 565 for · 37 against · 29 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; The Left mostly abstained.
Decision 2:Packaging and packaging waste
Committee report by Frédérique Ries · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 6 ballots
Adopted by a large majority 476 for · 129 against · 24 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 3:Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe
Committee report by Javi López · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by a clear majority 381 for · 225 against · 17 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D and Renew; opposed by PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 4:Single Market Emergency Instrument
Committee report by Andreas Schwab · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by a large majority 408 for · 63 against · 153 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE and ESN; The Left and S&D mostly abstained.
Decision 5:Amending certain regulations as regards the establishment of the Single Market Emergency Instrument
Committee report by Andreas Schwab · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by a large majority 409 for · 60 against · 157 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE and ESN; The Left and S&D mostly abstained.
Decision 6:Amending certain directives as regards the establishment of the Single Market Emergency Instrument
Committee report by Andreas Schwab · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by a large majority 412 for · 52 against · 161 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE and ESN; The Left and S&D mostly abstained.
Decision 7:Schengen Borders Code
Committee report by Sylvie Guillaume · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by a small majority 311 for · 267 against · 53 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 8:Cross-border exchange of information on road-safety related traffic offences
Committee report by Kosma Złotowski · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 570 for · 36 against · 24 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 9:Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed
Committee report by Jessica Polfjärd · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 2 ballots, incl. 1 amendment
Adopted by a clear majority 336 for · 238 against · 41 abstainedBacked by Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE and S&D.
Decision 10:Early intervention measures, conditions for resolution and funding of resolution action (SRMR3)
Committee report by Pedro Marques · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 5 ballots
Adopted by a clear majority 352 for · 213 against · 67 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, PfE and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.
Decision 11:Early intervention measures, conditions for resolution and financing of resolution action (BRRD3)
Committee report by Luděk Niedermayer · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 7 ballots
Adopted by a clear majority 335 for · 224 against · 70 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE and ESN; PfE mostly abstained; ECR split.
Decision 12:Scope of deposit protection, use of deposit guarantee schemes funds, cross-border cooperation, and transparency (DGSD2)
Committee report by Kira Marie Peter-Hansen · 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 385 for · 180 against · 56 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN; The Left mostly abstained.
Decision 13:Corporate sustainability due diligence
Committee report by Lara Wolters · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by a clear majority 374 for · 235 against · 19 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D and Renew; opposed by PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 14:Improving working conditions in platform work
Committee report by Elisabetta Gualmini · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 554 for · 56 against · 24 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN split.
Decision 15:European Health Data Space
Committee report by Tomislav Sokol, Annalisa Tardino · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by a large majority 445 for · 142 against · 39 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, PfE and ESN.
Decision 16:Measures to facilitate consular protection for unrepresented citizens of the Union in third countries
Committee report by Loránt Vincze · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 521 for · 89 against · 17 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 17:Combating violence against women and domestic violence
Committee report by Evin Incir, Frances Fitzgerald · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 5 ballots
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 522 for · 27 against · 72 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and PfE; ESN mostly abstained; ECR split.
Decision 18:European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities
Committee report by Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová · 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 · 7 against · 11 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 19:European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State
Committee report by Antonius Manders, Alice Kuhnke · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 607 for · 8 against · 17 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 20:Production and marketing of plant reproductive material
Committee report by Herbert Dorfmann · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 72 ballots, incl. 16 amendments
Adopted by a large majority 431 for · 104 against · 82 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR and ESN; PfE mostly abstained.
Decision 21:Production and marketing of forest reproductive material
Committee report by Herbert Dorfmann · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 35 ballots, incl. 2 amendments
Adopted by a large majority 416 for · 61 against · 136 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE; The Left, Verts/ALE and ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 22:Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans
Committee report by Tonino Picula, Karlo Ressler · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 2 ballots
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 517 for · 56 against · 30 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE; The Left mostly abstained; ESN split.
Decision 23:Simplification of certain CAP rules
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 35 ballots, incl. 23 amendments
Adopted by a large majority 422 for · 139 against · 9 abstainedNo roll call, so how each group voted is not recorded.
Decision 24:Approval and market surveillance of non-road mobile machinery circulating on public roads
Committee report by Tom Vandenkendelaere · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 582 for · 10 against · 3 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by ESN.
Decision 25:Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against pests of plants
Committee report by Clara Aguilera · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 551 for · 24 against · 15 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 26:Transparency and integrity of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating activities
Committee report by Aurore Lalucq · 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 464 for · 115 against · 13 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 27:Treatment of concentration risk arising from exposures towards central counterparties and of counterparty risk in centrally cleared derivative transactions
Committee report by Danuta Maria Hübner · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by a large majority 448 for · 120 against · 21 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by The Left and Verts/ALE; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 28:Measures to mitigate excessive exposures to third-country central counterparties and improve the efficiency of Union clearing markets
Committee report by Danuta Maria Hübner · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by a large majority 448 for · 122 against · 20 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by The Left and Verts/ALE; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 29:Increasing the attractiveness of public capital markets and facilitating access to capital for SMEs – amending certain regulations
Committee report by Alfred Sant · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 533 for · 31 against · 28 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left; PfE and ESN split.
Decision 30:Increasing the attractiveness of public capital markets and facilitating access to capital for SMEs – amending directive
Committee report by Alfred Sant · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 535 for · 16 against · 39 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; PfE mostly abstained; The Left and ESN split.
Decision 31:Multiple-vote share structures in companies that seek the admission to trading of their shares on an SME growth market
Committee report by Alfred Sant · 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 · 118 against · 114 abstainedBacked by Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left and Verts/ALE; S&D mostly abstained.
Decision 32:Standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application
Committee report by Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by a large majority 461 for · 56 against · 66 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by PfE and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.
Decision 33:Cyber Solidarity Act
Committee report by Lina Gálvez Muñoz · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 2 ballots
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 470 for · 23 against · 86 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; The Left and Verts/ALE mostly abstained; ESN split.
Decision 34:European Union labour market statistics on businesses
Committee report by Irene Tinagli · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 7 ballots
Adopted by a large majority 459 for · 76 against · 49 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by PfE; ECR mostly abstained; ESN split.
Decision 35:Amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 as regards the scope of the rules for benchmarks, the use in the Union of benchmarks provided by an administrator located in a third country, and certain reporting requirements
Committee report by Jonás Fernández · 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 · 36 against · 14 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE; ESN split.
Decision 36:EuroHPC initiative for start-ups to boost European leadership in trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
Committee report · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 525 for · 32 against · 21 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by The Left; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 37:Surface water and groundwater pollutants
Committee report by Milan Brglez · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by a large majority 452 for · 43 against · 83 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR; PfE and ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 38:Company law – further expanding and upgrading the use of digital tools and processes
Committee report by Emil Radev · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 550 for · 3 against · 19 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 39:Statistics on population and housing
Committee report by Irena Joveva · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 6 ballots, incl. 4 amendments
Adopted by a large majority 433 for · 116 against · 23 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 40:Amending Directive 2013/36/EU as regards supervisory powers, sanctions, third-country branches, and environmental, social and governance risks
Committee report by Jonás Fernández · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 486 for · 56 against · 26 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left, PfE and ESN.
Decision 41:Amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards requirements for credit risk, credit valuation adjustment risk, operational risk, market risk and the output floor
Committee report by Jonás Fernández · 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 424 for · 130 against · 17 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE and ESN.
Decision 42:The sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive
Committee report by Luděk Niedermayer, Paul Tang · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 513 for · 25 against · 33 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by ESN.
Decision 43:Anti-Money Laundering Regulation
Committee report by Eero Heinäluoma, Damien Carême · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 479 for · 61 against · 32 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by ESN.
Decision 44:Establishing the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism
Committee report by Eva Maria Poptcheva, Emil Radev · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 482 for · 47 against · 38 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and PfE; ESN mostly abstained; ECR split.
International agreements & consent · 2
Treaties and agreements Parliament can only approve or refuse as a whole — no amendments are possible.
Decision 45:Withdrawal of the Union from the Energy Charter Treaty
Committee report by Anna Cavazzini, Marc Botenga · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 560 for · 43 against · 27 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by ESN.
Decision 46:Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction
Committee report by Silvia Modig · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 556 for · 36 against · 38 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE and ESN.
Budget & emergency funds · 3
Budget decisions: the annual budget, amending budgets, solidarity and adjustment funds, and discharge (approving how a budget was spent).
Decision 47:Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Application EGF/2023/004 DK/Danish Crown – Denmark
Committee report by Janusz Lewandowski
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 590 for · 24 against · 12 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 48:Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Application EGF/2023/003 DE/Vallourec – Germany
Committee report by Jens Geier
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 602 for · 24 against · 3 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 49:Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Application EGF/2024/000 TA 2024 – Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission
Committee report by Margarida Marques · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 547 for · 33 against · 49 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by ESN; PfE mostly abstained.
Objections to Commission measures · 2
Parliament can object to technical rules the Commission adopts on its own. Against a delegated act an adopted objection is a veto; against most implementing measures (such as GMO authorisations) it is a call on the Commission to withdraw the measure, which is not legally binding.
Objection under Rule 111(3)
Decision 50:Novel foods – the definition of ‘engineered nanomaterials’
Motion for a resolution
Adopted by a large majority 388 for · 188 against · 47 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PfE; opposed by PPE and ECR; ESN mostly abstained.
Objection under Rule 112(2) and (3)
Decision 51:Calculation, verification and reporting of data on recycled plastic content in single-use plastic beverage bottles
Motion for a resolution · 6 ballots
Rejected by a clear majority 243 for · 339 against · 47 abstainedNo roll call, so how each group voted is not recorded.
Resolutions & reports · 3
Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.
Decision 52:Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the training on preventing conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management
Committee report by Gabriele Bischoff · 15 ballots, incl. 9 amendments
Adopted by a large majority 473 for · 89 against · 53 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR and PfE; ESN split.
Decision 53:Managed security services***I
Committee report by Josianne Cutajar · 2 ballots
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 530 for · 5 against · 53 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; The Left and ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 54:Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Hungary to strengthen the rule of law and its budgetary implications
Motion for a resolution · 8 ballots, incl. 7 amendments
Adopted by a large majority 399 for · 117 against · 28 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN.
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).