Plenary sitting, Thursday, 22 May 2025
8 decisions: 8 adopted. 112 ballots in all, 55 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 12:05 and 12:38.
Tightest result: Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023 — adopted 260 to 194.
Parliament adopted positions on five new EU laws, covering trade, climate, agriculture, banking, and research, all in first reading.
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) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism
Committee report by Antonio Decaro · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 30 ballots, incl. 17 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The proposal introduces a de minimis exemption for imports below 50 tonnes, relieving around 90% of importers from CBAM obligations while keeping about 99% of embedded emissions covered.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 564 for · 20 against · 12 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 2:Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus
Committee report by Inese Vaidere · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 6 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 law aims to reduce EU dependence on Russian fertilisers and other agricultural imports, with tariff increases phased in over three years.
Adopted by a large majority 411 for · 100 against · 78 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE and ESN; The Left mostly abstained.
Decision 3:Granting equivalence to Moldova and Ukraine for field inspections and seed production
Committee report by Veronika Vrecionová · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 5 ballots, incl. 3 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The proposal updates EU rules on recognising field inspections and seed production in Moldova and Ukraine as equivalent to EU standards.
Adopted by a large majority 374 for · 176 against · 36 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by PfE and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.
Decision 4: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. · 10 ballots, incl. 2 amendments
Adopted by a large majority 436 for · 149 against · 11 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE and ESN.
Decision 5:Euratom Research and Training Programme for the period 2026-2027 complementing Horizon Europe
Committee report by Borys Budka · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The adopted position means Parliament backs the programme's continuation and its link to the broader EU research framework.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 489 for · 55 against · 38 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by Verts/ALE; The Left mostly abstained.
Decision 6:Amending Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 as regards additional assistance and further flexibility to outermost regions affected by severe natural disasters and in the context of cyclone Chido devastating Mayotte
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 recorded
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 7:Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023
Committee report by Gheorghe Falcă · 58 ballots, incl. 19 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The report notes that Parliament received 1,452 petitions in 2023, an increase from previous years, and that the main concerns were environment, fundamental rights, personal matters and justice.
Adopted by a small majority 260 for · 194 against · 110 abstainedBacked by PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE and S&D; Renew and ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 8:Partial renewal of Members of the Court of Auditors – HR nominee
Committee report
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Parliament decided on the nomination of Ivana Maletić as a Member of the Court of Auditors, following a Council consultation.
Adopted by a large majority 460 for · 72 against · 59 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).