Plenary sitting, Wednesday, 17 December 2025
12 decisions: 11 adopted, 1 rejected. 134 ballots in all, 54 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 12:22 and 12:47.
Tightest result: Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept — adopted 384 to 237.
The European Parliament adopted positions on several new EU laws, including asylum procedures, energy security, deforestation, and AI infrastructure, as well as resolutions on defence and digitalisation.
New EU laws · 5
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
Decision 1:Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept
Committee report by Lena Düpont · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The law aims to make the concept's application more flexible and consistent across member states, including by making the 'connection' requirement optional and changing appeal rules.
Adopted by a clear majority 384 for · 237 against · 31 abstainedBacked by PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D and Renew.
Decision 2:Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level
Committee report by Alessandro Ciriani · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The list would designate certain countries as safe, allowing accelerated or border procedures for asylum applications from those countries.
Adopted by a clear majority 396 for · 202 against · 56 abstainedBacked by PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE and S&D; Renew mostly abstained.
Decision 3:Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies
Committee report by Inese Vaidere, Ville Niinistö · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 48 ballots
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The regulation would also amend Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 on security of gas supply, and the Parliament's position includes amendments to the Commission's proposal.
Adopted by a large majority 500 for · 120 against · 32 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE and ESN.
Decision 4:Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 2 ballots
Adopted by a clear majority 405 for · 242 against · 8 abstainedBacked by Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE and S&D.
Decision 5:European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC)
Committee report by Borys Budka · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The regulation aims to support setting up and operating AI Gigafactories in Europe, which are large-scale facilities for developing frontier AI models.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 604 for · 37 against · 18 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left.
International agreements & consent · 1
Treaties and agreements Parliament can only approve or refuse as a whole — no amendments are possible.
Decision 6:EU/Jordan Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: terms and conditions for the participation of Jordan in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA)
Committee report by Paolo Borchia · 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 agreement aligns Jordan's role with Horizon Europe rules and lets it stay engaged in the partnership until 2031.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 627 for · 13 against · 5 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
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.
Objection under Rule 114(3) · delegated act
Decision 7:Simplification of the content and presentation of information to be disclosed concerning environmentally sustainable activities and simplification of certain technical screening criteria for determining whether economic activities cause no significant harm to environmental objectives
Motion for a resolution
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The regulation narrows the scope of substances of very high concern covered and introduces a materiality threshold for reporting.
Rejected by a clear majority 230 for · 402 against · 28 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE and S&D; opposed by Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
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 8:Military Mobility
Committee report by Petras Auštrevičius, Roberts Zīle
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The text calls for streamlining and harmonising national rules and procedures, and for prioritising investments in dual-use transport infrastructure.
Adopted by a large majority 493 for · 127 against · 38 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left, PfE and ESN.
Decision 9:European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs
Committee report by Christophe Gomart · 3 ballots
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The text calls for closing the defence investment gap and improving access to capital for defence companies, including small firms.
Adopted by a large majority 425 for · 120 against · 96 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and PfE; opposed by The Left and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.
Decision 10:Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work
Committee report by Andrzej Buła · 21 ballots
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The proposed directive would set rules on transparency, consultation and human oversight, and would apply to workers and solo self-employed persons.
Adopted by a large majority 480 for · 83 against · 94 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by PfE and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.
Decision 11:European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’
Motion for a resolution · 53 ballots, incl. 6 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The resolution calls for EU legislation to create a financial mechanism helping member states that voluntarily join it to provide safe abortion care.
Adopted by a clear majority 358 for · 202 against · 79 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN.
Other decisions · 1
Elections, appointments and internal decisions of the Parliament.
Decision 12:Appointment of the Executive Director of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 601 for · 26 against · 31 abstainedSecret ballot, so how each group voted is not 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).