Plenary sitting, Wednesday, 18 December 2024
8 decisions: 8 adopted. 46 ballots in all, 33 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 12:11 and 12:22.
Tightest result: Setting up a Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office — adopted 441 to 178.
Parliament gave its consent to three Pacific trade accessions and a transparency convention, and reshaped its committee structure, setting up new standing committees.
International agreements & consent · 4
Treaties and agreements Parliament can only approve or refuse as a whole — no amendments are possible.
Decision 1:EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Tonga
Committee report by Dariusz Joński · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The decision will be forwarded to the Council, the Commission, and the governments and parliaments of member states and Tonga.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 545 for · 81 against · 26 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left and Verts/ALE.
Decision 2:EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Niue
Committee report by Dariusz Joński · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The draft decision concerns Niue's accession to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Pacific States, which sets out trade arrangements.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 543 for · 77 against · 31 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left and Verts/ALE.
Decision 3:Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration
Committee report by Anna Cavazzini · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The Convention increases public access to documents and hearings in investor-state disputes and lets civil society participate.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 591 for · 7 against · 53 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and ESN; PfE mostly abstained.
Decision 4:EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Tuvalu
Committee report by Dariusz Joński · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Tuvalu is expected to graduate from Least Developed Country status in 2024, and this accession helps maintain its duty-free access to the EU market.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 533 for · 74 against · 26 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left and Verts/ALE.
Resolutions & reports · 4
Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.
Decision 5:Amendment of Annex VI – Powers and responsibilities of the standing committees
Motion for a resolution · 17 ballots, incl. 9 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Parliament decided to set up a standing committee on Security and Defence and a standing committee on Public Health, replacing the existing subcommittees on those topics.
Adopted by a large majority 448 for · 161 against · 40 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left, PfE and ESN.
Decision 6:Setting up a Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office
Motion for a resolution · 7 ballots, incl. 6 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Parliament set up a special committee on the European Democracy Shield to counter foreign interference, disinformation and threats to democracy in the EU.
Adopted by a large majority 441 for · 178 against · 34 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 7:Setting up a Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office
Motion for a resolution · 17 ballots, incl. 8 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Parliament set up a special committee on the housing crisis in the European Union to propose solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing.
Adopted by a large majority 480 for · 148 against · 20 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left, PfE and ESN.
Decision 8:Appointment of the Chair of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA)
Committee report
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The decision follows a hearing with the candidate and an evaluation of her credentials against the requirements of the relevant EU regulation.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 569 for · 20 against · 61 abstainedSecret ballot, so how each group voted is not 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).