Parliament adopted a resolution on tackling China's export restrictions on rare earth elements and permanent magnets, which it sees as coercive and a serious escalation of trade tensions. The text urges the EU not to make concessions to China in exchange for relaxing the restrictions and to build leverage using pressure points where China depends on EU goods and technologies. It also calls for reducing demand for virgin rare earths, boosting recycling, and funding research into substitutes to strengthen EU resilience.
How the vote unfolded · 17 ballots
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 8 amendments (8 rejected) and 2 parts of the text voted on separately (2 adopted). 6 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.
Roll calls requested by The Left, Renew, PfE · split votes by The Left.
adoptedrejectedlapsedsquare = amendmentcircle = part of the textdecisive voteSolid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions
All 17 ballots in voting order
1.Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 113:16RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – After § 1 – Am 2A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by The Left
Rejected
2.Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 213:16RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – After § 2 – Am 3A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by The Left
Rejected
3.Amendment 4 to paragraph 813:16RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – § 8 – Am 4A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by The Left
Rejected
4.Amendment 5 to paragraph 1013:16RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – § 10 – Am 5A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by The Left
Rejected
5.Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 1213:17RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – After § 12 – Am 6A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by The Left
Rejected
6.Amendment 7 to paragraph 1313:17RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – § 13 – Am 7A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by The Left
Rejected
7.Separate vote on paragraph 13A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by The Left
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
8.Paragraph 13 — part 213:17RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – § 13/2Part 2: ‘underlines the importance of free trade agreements and the Global Gateway initiative in enhancing access to CRMs;’A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by The Left·A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by The Left
Adopted
9.Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 1313:17RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – After § 13 – Am 8A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by The Left
Rejected
10.Amendment 1 to paragraph 1413:17RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – § 14 – Am 1A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by PfE
Rejected
11.Final vote — text as a whole13:18RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by Renew
Adopted
12.Alternative motion for a resolutionB10-0324/2025
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.
13.Alternative motion for a resolutionB10-0326/2025
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.
14.Alternative motion for a resolutionB10-0329/2025
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.
15.Alternative motion for a resolutionB10-0330/2025
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.
16.Alternative motion for a resolutionB10-0331/2025
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.
17.Alternative motion for a resolutionB10-0332/2025
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.
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).
Codes in ballot labels
Am 27 — amendment 27
§ 5 — paragraph 5
§ 5/2, part 2 — a A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another., taken in parts
Am 3= 7= — identical amendments voted together
***I — Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.; *** — Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.; * — Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Lapsed — Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.