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Plenary sitting, Thursday, 23 October 2025

9 decisions: 5 adopted, 3 rejected, 1 without a single recorded result. 145 ballots in all, 70 by , between 13:03 and 13:28.

Tightest result: Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law) — rejected 220 to 341.

✦ The day in brief · AI briefing

The European Parliament held a voting day focused on environmental and international partnership issues, adopting positions on chemical products and EU-Africa relations while rejecting proposals on soil monitoring and fuel emissions.

New EU laws · 3

Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.

  1. Decision 1:Dates of application and transitional provisions for chemical products

    · 2 ballots

    Adopted by a large majority 441 for · 108 against · 11 abstained

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

  2. Decision 2:Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law)

    Committee report by Martin Hojsík ·

    The rejection was based on the committee's recommendation for second reading.

    Rejected the whole text was rejected outright 220 for · 341 against · 10 abstained

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

  3. Decision 3:Preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution

    Committee report ·

    Result not yet in Parliament’s record

Objections to Commission measures · 1

Parliament can object to technical rules the Commission adopts on its own. Against a delegated act an adopted objection is a veto; against most implementing measures (such as GMO authorisations) it is a call on the Commission to withdraw the measure, which is not legally binding.

  1. Objection under Rule 114(3) · delegated act

    Decision 4:InvestEU Fund strategic investments in the field of defence

    Motion for a resolution

    The Commission delegated regulation of 28 August 2025 broadens the definition of eligible strategic investments under the InvestEU Fund to include more defence technologies and products for military use, and extends eligibility to entities in associated countries or controlled by non-associated countries under certain conditions.

    Rejected by a large majority 124 for · 401 against · 41 abstained

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

Resolutions & reports · 5

Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.

  1. Objection under Rule 114(3) · delegated act

    Decision 5:Specifying a methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from low-carbon fuels

    Motion for a resolution · 2 ballots

    The resolution had called on the Commission to withdraw the regulation and submit a new one by mid-2026 with revised rules.

    Rejected by a large majority 175 for · 374 against · 25 abstained

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

  2. Decision 6:Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit

    Motion for a resolution · 77 ballots, incl. 14 amendments

    The text calls for making the fight against illegal migration a priority, negotiating readmission agreements with African Union member states, and linking development funds to cooperation on returns.

    Adopted by a large majority 367 for · 98 against · 113 abstained

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

  3. Decision 7:UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30)

    Motion for a resolution · 51 ballots, incl. 13 amendments

    The text calls for ambitious climate action, including implementing the Paris Agreement and scaling up finance for developing countries.

    Adopted by show of hands, no counts recorded

  4. Decision 8:Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan

    Motion for a resolution · 9 ballots, incl. 1 amendment

    The text calls for stronger protection of species like sharks, elephants, and eels, and for tackling wildlife crime and corruption linked to illegal trade.

    Adopted by show of hands, no counts recorded

  5. Decision 9:Audiovisual Media Services Directive obligations in the transatlantic dialogue

    Motion for a resolution

    The resolution stresses that the directive's measures are legitimate regulation in the public interest, safeguarding cultural diversity and protecting freedom of expression, media pluralism and democratic values.

    Adopted by show of hands, no counts 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).

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