Plenary sitting, Tuesday, 20 January 2026
11 decisions: 10 adopted, 1 rejected. 181 ballots in all, 67 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 12:43 and 13:22.
Tightest result: Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States — adopted 417 to 234.
Parliament adopted positions on new laws and resolutions covering medicines, company law, job transitions, and financial stability, while rejecting an objection to insurance rules.
New EU laws · 3
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
Decision 1:Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest
Committee report by Tomislav Sokol · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 43 ballots, incl. 14 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The position also calls for better use of existing data tools and involvement of stakeholders across the supply chain.
Adopted by a large majority 503 for · 57 against · 108 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ESN; ECR and PfE mostly abstained.
Decision 2:Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/792 establishing the Ukraine Facility
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted Request for urgent procedure by show of hands, no counts recordedDecision 3:Regulation implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the Ukraine Support Loan for 2026 and 2027
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted Request for urgent procedure by show of hands, no counts recorded
International agreements & consent · 1
Treaties and agreements Parliament can only approve or refuse as a whole — no amendments are possible.
Decision 4:Enhanced cooperation on the establishment of a loan for Ukraine
Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Adopted Request for urgent procedure by show of hands, no counts recorded
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 5:Delegated Regulation supplementing the review of prudential rules for the insurance and reinsurance sector (Solvency II)
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 European Parliament voted on a resolution to object to a Commission delegated regulation that amends the Solvency II prudential rules for insurance and reinsurance, covering areas such as technical provisions, risk margin, securitisation, and crypto-assets.
Rejected by a clear majority 129 for · 406 against · 129 abstainedNo roll call, so how each group voted is not recorded.
Resolutions & reports · 6
Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.
Decision 6:The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies
Committee report by René Repasi · 36 ballots, incl. 15 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The framework would create a voluntary corporate form, the Societas Europaea Unificata, alongside national laws, to help SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups operate across the internal market.
Adopted by a large majority 492 for · 144 against · 28 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left, PfE and ESN.
Decision 7:Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies
Committee report by Jana Toom · 53 ballots, incl. 5 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The adopted text calls for measures to support workers and regions affected by these transitions, including through social dialogue, training, and quality job creation, while respecting national labour market models.
Adopted by a large majority 420 for · 207 against · 20 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 8:Safeguarding and promoting financial stability amid economic uncertainties
Committee report by Johan Van Overtveldt
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The text calls for completing the Banking Union and advancing the Capital Markets Union to absorb shocks, while balancing integration with safeguards against contagion and systemic risks.
Adopted by a large majority 491 for · 83 against · 84 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left and ESN; PfE mostly abstained.
Decision 9:Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crises
Committee report by Leire Pajín · 4 ballots
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The text proposes three pillars: humanitarian principles and international humanitarian law, more effective responses, and the role of women in humanitarian assistance.
Adopted by a large majority 444 for · 153 against · 55 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 10:Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States
Committee report by Borja Giménez Larraz · 21 ballots, incl. 4 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The report concludes that many existing provisions are implemented, but optional measures are often not, and some mandatory ones are applied unevenly.
Adopted by a large majority 417 for · 234 against · 9 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 11:Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking
Motion for a resolution · 19 ballots, incl. 12 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The text condemns drug-related violence and stresses the threat trafficking poses to security, democracy and public health.
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).