Plenary sitting, Tuesday, 17 June 2025
9 decisions: 7 adopted, 1 rejected, 1 without a single recorded result. 65 ballots in all, 41 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 13:36 and 13:56.
Tightest result: Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville — rejected 282 to 340.
Parliament adopted new laws on aid to outermost regions and child sexual abuse, gave consent to EU agreements with Ukraine and Cameroon, and rejected a resolution on development financing.
New EU laws · 3
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
Decision 1: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 by an overwhelming majority 653 for · 7 against · 3 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 2:Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)
Committee report by Jeroen Lenaers · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 35 ballots, incl. 13 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The directive aims to harmonise criminal law across member states, addressing crimes like child sexual abuse material and grooming, and to improve detection and reporting of online abuse.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 599 for · 2 against · 62 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, PfE and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.
Decision 3:Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in European Parliament elections
Committee report by Sven Simon · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion. · 5 ballots
No single decisive vote · 2 of 5 ballots adopted
International agreements & consent · 2
Treaties and agreements Parliament can only approve or refuse as a whole — no amendments are possible.
Decision 4:Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine amending the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine on the carriage of freight by road of 29 June 2022
Committee report by Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi · 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 consent means the Council can now conclude the agreement on behalf of the Union.
Adopted by a large majority 488 for · 137 against · 34 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE and ESN.
Decision 5:Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement governance and trade in timber and derived products to the Union
Committee report by Karin Karlsbro · 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. Parliament's consent follows the Council's request and the committee's recommendation, and its position will be forwarded to the Council, the Commission, and the governments and parliaments of member states and Cameroon.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 583 for · 78 against · 8 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left.
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 6:Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement governance and trade in timber and derived products to the Union.
Committee report by Karin Karlsbro
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The agreement, in force since 2011, aimed to ensure all Cameroonian timber exports to the EU are legal, but Cameroon has not fully set up the required legality assurance system.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 557 for · 75 against · 37 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE and ESN.
Decision 7:Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the declaration of input (Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure)
Committee report by Sven Simon
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The amendments will enter into force on the first day of the next part-session.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 653 for · 0 against · 15 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 8:Strengthening rural areas in the EU through cohesion policy
Committee report by Denis Nesci
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The text stresses the importance of rural areas and calls for measures to address demographic, economic and social challenges.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 622 for · 24 against · 21 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 9:Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville
Committee report by Charles Goerens · 19 ballots, incl. 2 amendments
Rejected by a small majority 282 for · 340 against · 26 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D and Renew; opposed by PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
✦ 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).