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Plenary sitting, Wednesday, 17 July 2024

5 decisions: 3 adopted, 2 rejected. 34 ballots in all, 23 by , between 10:09 and 13:50.

Tightest result: Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group — rejected 149 to 251.

✦ The day in brief · AI briefing

The European Parliament held a voting day focused on support for Ukraine and internal organizational matters, adopting all three resolutions on the agenda.

Resolutions & reports · 3

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

  1. Decision 1:The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine

    Motion for a resolution · 28 ballots, incl. 8 amendments

    The text condemns Russia's war, the recent visit of Hungary's Prime Minister to Russia, and attacks on civilians, and calls for increased military support, sanctions, and accountability for war crimes.

    Adopted by a large majority 495 for · 137 against · 47 abstained

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

  2. Decision 2:Numerical strength of standing committees

    Motion for a resolution

    This decision takes effect on the day of adoption and allows committee and subcommittee bureaux to have up to four vice-chairs.

    Adopted by show of hands, no counts recorded

  3. Decision 3:Number and numerical strength of interparliamentary delegations

    Motion for a resolution · 3 ballots

    The decision specifies the number of Members for each delegation, such as 64 for the United States and 78 for the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

    Adopted by show of hands, no counts recorded

Agenda requests · 2

Requests by political groups to add or change debates on the week’s agenda.

  1. Decision 4:Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group

    Rejected by a clear majority 149 for · 251 against · 16 abstained

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

  2. Decision 5:Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the PfE Group

    Rejected by a large majority 119 for · 337 against · 15 abstained

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

✦ AI: one-sentence summaries written by an AI from the text voted on; the outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Each decision’s page shows every ballot, the full text and the procedure.

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).

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