Plenary sitting, Wednesday, 22 October 2025
8 decisions: 6 adopted, 1 rejected, 1 without a single recorded result. 471 ballots in all, 198 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 14:07 and 15:08.
Tightest result: Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements — rejected 309 to 318.
Parliament rejected a corporate sustainability proposal, approved the 2026 EU budget and discharges, and adopted a resolution on enlargement reforms.
New EU laws · 1
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
Decision 1:Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Rejected narrowly 309 for · 318 against · 34 abstainedSecret ballot, so how each group voted is not recorded.
Budget & emergency funds · 4
Budget decisions: the annual budget, amending budgets, solidarity and adjustment funds, and discharge (approving how a budget was spent).
Decision 2:Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
187 ballots, incl. 29 amendments
No single decisive vote · 48 of 187 ballots adopted
Decision 3:General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
Committee report by Andrzej Halicki, Matjaž Nemec · 194 ballots, incl. 114 amendments
Adopted by a clear majority 384 for · 202 against · 58 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 4:Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and Council
Committee report by Joachim Stanisław Brudziński · 11 ballots, incl. 4 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Parliament set out its observations in a resolution and instructed its President to forward the decision to the European Council, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors.
Adopted by a large majority 441 for · 125 against · 73 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by PfE and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.
Decision 5:Discharge 2023: Agencies
Committee report by Erik Marquardt · 6 ballots, incl. 4 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Parliament decided to grant discharge to the European Union Agency for Asylum for its 2023 budget, approving the spending.
Adopted by a large majority 476 for · 99 against · 72 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR and ESN; PfE mostly abstained.
Resolutions & reports · 3
Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.
Decision 6:Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations
Committee report by Sandro Gozi · 32 ballots, incl. 2 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The text calls for a more efficient, faster, powerful, and democratic Union, including lifting vetoes, creating a European defence system, and empowering Parliament.
Adopted by a small majority 310 for · 277 against · 53 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 7:Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedy
Motion for a resolution · 22 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 text condemns violence against protesters, unlawful surveillance, and the conduct of certain security unit members, and calls on Serbian authorities to ensure transparency in projects involving foreign state-owned companies.
Adopted by a large majority 457 for · 103 against · 72 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE and ESN; The Left mostly abstained.
Decision 8:Situation in Belarus, five years after the fraudulent presidential elections
Motion for a resolution · 18 ballots, incl. 1 amendment
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The resolution reiterates non-recognition of Aliaksandr Lukashenka as President and considers elections under his regime fraudulent and illegitimate.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 458 for · 18 against · 84 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; The Left, PfE and ESN mostly abstained.
✦ 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).