Plenary sitting, Tuesday, 10 March 2026
13 decisions: 13 adopted. 392 ballots in all, 207 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 13:11 and 14:16.
Tightest result: Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing — adopted 367 to 166.
The Parliament adopted positions on three new EU laws and several resolutions, covering insolvency, talent pool, external action, regulatory fitness, and housing.
New EU laws · 4
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
Decision 1:Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law
Committee report by Emil Radev · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 19 ballots
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The directive aims to make insolvency proceedings more uniform and efficient, protecting businesses and creditors.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 498 for · 90 against · 28 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE and ESN.
Decision 2:Establishing an EU talent pool
Committee report by Abir Al-Sahlani · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 56 ballots
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The EU talent pool is a proposed EU-wide platform to match jobseekers from non-EU countries with employers in the Union.
Adopted by a large majority 414 for · 182 against · 21 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN; The Left split.
Decision 3:Increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee
Committee report by David McAllister, Charles Goerens · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 6 ballots
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The Guarantee backs loans for development and external action; the changes aim to improve how it is used.
Adopted by a large majority 441 for · 105 against · 81 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left and ESN; PfE mostly abstained.
Decision 4:Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029
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
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 5:European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law-Making covering 2023 and 2024
Committee report by Jörgen Warborn
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The resolution calls for improving EU law-making by ensuring legislation is proportionate, clear, and evidence-based, and by addressing the shortcomings of the 'one in, one out' approach.
Adopted by a large majority 493 for · 92 against · 44 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE and ESN; The Left mostly abstained.
Decision 6:Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
Committee report by Borja Giménez Larraz · 260 ballots, incl. 80 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 boosting housing supply, easing investments, and supporting demand, while respecting national competences.
Adopted by a clear majority 367 for · 166 against · 84 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, PfE and ESN.
Decision 7:Public access to documents - report 2022 - 2024
Committee report by Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová · 15 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 text reaffirms that access to documents is a fundamental right and calls for a culture of transparency where disclosure is the rule and secrecy the exception.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 602 for · 9 against · 8 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 8:Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges
Committee report by Axel Voss · 3 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 resolution calls for a fair balance between protecting copyright and promoting AI development, including remuneration for the use of protected content in AI training.
Adopted by a large majority 460 for · 71 against · 88 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by ESN; PfE mostly abstained.
Decision 9:Fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economies
Committee report by André Franqueira Rodrigues · 10 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 urges the Commission and member states to prioritise conservation of sensitive species through robust fisheries management and full implementation of marine protected area goals.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 528 for · 21 against · 62 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by The Left; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 10:The upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act
Motion for a resolution · 18 ballots, incl. 10 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 regulation that would make the ERA binding, with targets such as investing at least 3% of EU GDP in R&D by 2030 and improving coordination between member states.
Adopted by a large majority 399 for · 78 against · 69 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE and ESN; The Left mostly abstained.
Other decisions · 3
Elections, appointments and internal decisions of the Parliament.
Decision 11:Appointment of the Chairperson of the European Banking Authority
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 536 for · 50 against · 29 abstainedSecret ballot, so how each group voted is not recorded.
Decision 12:Appointment of the European Chief Prosecutor
Adopted by a large majority 435 for · 112 against · 46 abstainedSecret ballot, so how each group voted is not recorded.
Decision 13:Appointment of the Vice-President of the European Central Bank
Adopted by a large majority 460 for · 68 against · 91 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).