Plenary sitting, Wednesday, 12 March 2025
8 decisions: 7 adopted, 1 without a single recorded result. 463 ballots in all, 232 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 12:02 and 13:26.
Tightest result: European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025 — adopted 351 to 260.
Parliament gave its consent to two international agreements and adopted three resolutions on economic policy and Ukraine, setting its positions on trade, security, and social priorities.
International agreements & consent · 2
Treaties and agreements Parliament can only approve or refuse as a whole — no amendments are possible.
Decision 1:EU-Norway Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union
Committee report · 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 agreement adjusts EU tariff-rate quotas with Norway after the UK's withdrawal from the EU, following WTO rules.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 525 for · 5 against · 34 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; The Left mostly abstained.
Decision 2:Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data
Committee report · 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 agreement sets rules for transferring and processing airline passenger name record data between Canada and the EU to fight serious crime and terrorism.
Adopted by a large majority 521 for · 90 against · 45 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by The Left and Verts/ALE; ESN mostly abstained.
Resolutions & reports · 5
Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.
Decision 3:European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025
Committee report · 39 ballots, incl. 16 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The resolution calls for responsible fiscal policies, structural reforms, and productivity-enhancing investments, while stressing the need for rigorous and equitable implementation of the new EU economic governance framework.
Adopted by a large majority 469 for · 162 against · 54 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left, PfE and ESN.
Decision 4:European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025
Committee report · 83 ballots
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The text calls for modernising labour markets, strengthening social protection, and investing in education and training to address labour shortages and demographic change.
Adopted by a small majority 351 for · 260 against · 70 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 5:Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggression
Motion for a resolution · 80 ballots, incl. 30 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Parliament adopted a resolution reaffirming its condemnation of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and demanding an immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of Russian forces.
Adopted by a large majority 442 for · 98 against · 126 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left and ESN; ECR and PfE mostly abstained.
Decision 6:White paper on the future of European defence
Motion for a resolution · 194 ballots, incl. 79 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The text calls on member states to build their own security and defence capabilities independently of external actors, and to develop a new continental defence concept.
Adopted by a large majority 419 for · 204 against · 46 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left, PfE and ESN.
Decision 7:The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in Syria
Motion for a resolution · 63 ballots, incl. 28 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The text calls on the EU to increase aid, support reconstruction in key sectors, and cooperate with Syria's interim authorities.
Adopted by a large majority 462 for · 76 against · 106 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ESN; PfE mostly abstained; ECR split.
Other decisions · 1
Elections, appointments and internal decisions of the Parliament.
Decision 8:Parliament’s calendar of part-sessions – 2026
2 ballots
No single decisive vote · 1 of 2 ballots adopted
✦ 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).