3New EU laws·decision 3 of 15 on Tuesday, 16 December 2025
Compulsory licensing of patents in crisis situations
Committee report by Adrián Vázquez Lázara · Parliament’s vote on the Council’s position on a proposed law, after the first reading. · voted 13:06–13:07
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
At second reading Parliament only votes on amendments to the Council’s position, or on rejecting
it. None passed, so the Council’s position stands and the law is adopted.
How the vote unfolded · 3 ballots
MEPs decided on 3 amendments (3 rejected).
Roll call requested by ESN.
adoptedrejectedlapsedsquare = amendmentcircle = part of the textSolid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions
2.Amendment 2 to Article 513:07A10-0246/2025 – Adrián Vázquez Lázara – Article 5 – after § 3; Regulation (EC) No 816/2006 – Am 2
Rejected
3.Amendment 3 to Article 1513:07A10-0246/2025 – Adrián Vázquez Lázara – Article 15 – after § 3; Regulation (EC) No 816/2006 – Am 3A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by ESN
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.