Plenary sitting, Wednesday, 21 May 2025

4 decisions: 1 adopted, 3 rejected. 4 ballots in all, 2 by .

✦ The day in brief · AI briefing

The Parliament dealt with requests to amend Wednesday's agenda, rejecting three and adopting one.

Agenda requests · 2

Requests by political groups to add or change debates on the week’s agenda.

Decision 1:Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group

Rejected by a large majority 102 for · 378 against · 7 abstained

Backed by The Left and Verts/ALE; opposed by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 2:Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the PfE Group

Rejected by a large majority 132 for · 334 against · 5 abstained

Backed by ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE.

Elections, appointments and internal decisions of the Parliament.

Decision 3:Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the Renew group

Rejected by a small majority 204 for · 264 against · 21 abstained

No roll call, so how each group voted is not recorded.
Decision 4:Ordre du jour de mercredi - Demande des groupes PPE, S&D et Verts/ALE

Adopted by show of hands, no counts recorded

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).