Plenary sitting, Tuesday, 6 May 2025
13 decisions: 10 adopted, 3 without a single recorded result. 65 ballots in all, 10 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 13:14 and 13:25.
Tightest result: Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023 — adopted 340 to 162.
Parliament approved international health regulations, a fund for displaced workers, and two reports on financial oversight, showing a day focused on health, budget, and accountability.
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:Amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 as regards the scope of the rules for benchmarks, the use in the Union of benchmarks provided by an administrator located in a third country, and certain reporting requirements
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 draft law amends the EU rules on benchmarks, covering their scope, the use of benchmarks from third-country administrators, and reporting requirements.
Result not yet in Parliament’s recordDecision 2:Amendments to the Capital Requirements Regulation as regards securities financing transactions under the net stable funding ratio
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 3:The protection status of the wolf (Canis lupus)
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 4:CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027
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 5:Border Regions’ instrument for development and growth (BRIDGEforEU)
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 draft law sets up an EU mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in cross-border regions.
Result not yet in Parliament’s recordDecision 6:European Union labour market statistics on businesses
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 draft regulation sets out EU rules for producing statistics on businesses in the labour market, replacing earlier regulations.
Result not yet in Parliament’s record
International agreements & consent · 1
Treaties and agreements Parliament can only approve or refuse as a whole — no amendments are possible.
Decision 7:Amendments to the International Health Regulations contained in the Annex to Resolution WHA77.17 and adopted on 1 June 2024
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 amendments, adopted on 1 June 2024, introduce a "pandemic emergency" as the highest global alert level and issue non-binding Temporary Recommendations to guide countries.
Adopted by a large majority 514 for · 126 against · 6 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE and ESN.
Budget & emergency funds · 1
Budget decisions: the annual budget, amending budgets, solidarity and adjustment funds, and discharge (approving how a budget was spent).
Decision 8:Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2024/003 BE/Van Hool – Belgium
Committee report · 5 ballots
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 mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers to support workers made redundant by the Belgian company Van Hool.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 598 for · 48 against · 5 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by ESN.
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 9:Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2023
Committee report · 33 ballots, incl. 5 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 strengthening and modernising the EU's anti-fraud architecture, including better coordination with the European Public Prosecutor's Office and adapting to new technologies like AI.
Adopted by a large majority 473 for · 59 against · 114 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ESN; ECR and PfE mostly abstained.
Decision 10:Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023
Committee report · 17 ballots
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The text acknowledges the Bank's performance and calls for detailed analysis of a 2.4% decrease in consolidated results, while welcoming investments in defence, energy efficiency, and social infrastructure.
Adopted by a clear majority 340 for · 162 against · 150 abstainedBacked by PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left and S&D; Verts/ALE and Renew mostly abstained.
Parliamentary immunity · 3
Requests from national authorities to lift an MEP’s immunity so legal proceedings can go ahead, or from an MEP to defend it.
Decision 11:Request for the waiver of the immunity of Petr Bystron
Committee report
Adopted by show of hands, no counts recordedDecision 12:Request for the waiver of the immunity of Grzegorz Braun
Committee report
Adopted by show of hands, no counts recordedDecision 13:Request for the waiver of the immunity of Petras Gražulis
Committee report
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).