Plenary sitting, Thursday, 14 November 2024
8 decisions: 8 adopted. 73 ballots in all, 44 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 11:10 and 11:55.
Tightest result: Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of application — adopted 371 to 240.
Parliament adopted positions on several new EU laws and a resolution, covering deforestation, digital tax certificates, withholding taxes, the EIB statute, and climate action.
New EU laws · 6
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
Decision 1:Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of application
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 17 ballots, incl. 9 amendments
Adopted by a clear majority 371 for · 240 against · 30 abstainedBacked by Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE and S&D.
Decision 2:Electronic value added tax exemption certificate
Committee report by Aurore Lalucq · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The proposal replaces the paper value added tax exemption certificate with an electronic version for transactions such as diplomatic supplies and NATO forces.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 621 for · 10 against · 11 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 3:Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes
Committee report by Herbert Dorfmann · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The directive also sets reporting obligations for financial intermediaries and exempts member states with comprehensive relief-at-source systems and small financial markets from certain requirements.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 555 for · 48 against · 42 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by The Left; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 4:Amendment of the EIB’s Statute
Committee report by Joachim Streit · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The European Parliament approved the proposal to amend the Statute of the European Investment Bank (EIB), which aims to remove the statutory lending limit and replace the maximum 250% gearing ratio with a unanimous decision by the Board of Governors.
Adopted by a large majority 510 for · 105 against · 27 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE and ESN; The Left mostly abstained.
Decision 5:RESTORE – Regional Emergency Support to Reconstruction amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1058 and Regulation (EU) 2021/1057
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted Request for urgent procedure by show of hands, no counts recordedDecision 6:Specific measures under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) to provide additional assistance to Member States affected by natural disasters
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted Request for urgent procedure by show of hands, no counts recorded
Resolutions & reports · 2
Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.
Decision 7:UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)
Motion for a resolution · 32 ballots, incl. 11 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The text calls for ambitious global climate action, including on finance, adaptation, and loss and damage.
Adopted by a large majority 429 for · 183 against · 24 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 8:EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia
Motion for a resolution · 19 ballots, incl. 6 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The text condemns Russia's use of shadow fleets, which it calls a key financial lifeline for Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
Adopted by show of hands, no counts recorded
✦ 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).