Plenary sitting, Tuesday, 17 December 2024
7 decisions: 6 adopted, 1 without a single recorded result. 27 ballots in all, 13 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 12:56 and 13:01.
Tightest result: Forest reproductive material of the ‘tested’ category — adopted 499 to 131.
Parliament adopted positions on five new EU laws and approved a budget fund, covering deforestation rules, disaster aid, and support for displaced workers.
New EU laws · 5
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. · 2 ballots
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 546 for · 97 against · 7 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left and Verts/ALE.
Decision 2:Specific measures under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for Member States affected by natural disasters
Committee report by Veronika Vrecionová · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The proposal amends the EU regulation on rural development to give extra help to member states hit by natural disasters since 1 January 2024.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 644 for · 6 against · 3 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 3:Regional Emergency Support: RESTORE
Committee report by Andrzej Buła, Younous Omarjee · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 5 ballots
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The law aims to support reconstruction and provide basic material assistance to affected citizens, following floods and wildfires in several EU countries in September 2024.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 638 for · 10 against · 5 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 4:Forest reproductive material of the ‘tested’ category
Committee report by Veronika Vrecionová · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 3 ballots
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The law updates EU rules on importing forest reproductive material, adding the 'tested' category to the existing equivalence regime for third countries.
Adopted by a large majority 499 for · 131 against · 27 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left and Verts/ALE.
Decision 5:Discontinuation of the European ODR Platform
Committee report · Parliament’s vote on the Council’s position on a proposed law, after the first reading.
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 Council's position on a regulation that repeals the EU law setting up the European Online Dispute Resolution Platform and amends related consumer protection rules.
Result not yet in Parliament’s record
Budget & emergency funds · 1
Budget decisions: the annual budget, amending budgets, solidarity and adjustment funds, and discharge (approving how a budget was spent).
Decision 6:Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2024/002 BE/Limburg machinery and paper – Belgium
Committee report by Matjaž Nemec · 3 ballots
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The decision releases EU funding for personalised services such as guidance, training, and job-search support for the affected workers.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 599 for · 50 against · 7 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by ESN.
Resolutions & reports · 1
Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.
Decision 7:Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023
Committee report by Alex Agius Saliba · 12 ballots, incl. 7 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The resolution supports the Ombudsman's work, including inquiries into maladministration, and calls for improved transparency and accountability in EU institutions.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 598 for · 17 against · 37 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN mostly abstained.
✦ 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).