Plenary sitting, Thursday, 26 March 2026
22 decisions: 14 adopted, 4 rejected, 4 without a single recorded result. 124 ballots in all, 83 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 11:06 and 11:40.
Tightest result: Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application — rejected 228 to 311.
MEPs adopted positions on key laws, including a common return system and anti-corruption rules, while rejecting an extension of a temporary derogation.
New EU laws · 10
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
Decision 1:Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)
Committee report by Malik Azmani · 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 would replace existing EU rules on returns and introduce a single procedure for return and readmission across member states.
Adopted by a large majority 389 for · 206 against · 32 abstainedBacked by PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D and Renew.
Decision 2:Combating corruption
Committee report by Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 17 ballots
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The directive sets minimum standards for defining and sanctioning corruption, including bribery in public and private sectors, and adds new offences like concealment of corruption proceeds and misconduct in public office.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 581 for · 21 against · 42 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 3:Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application
Committee report by Birgit Sippel · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 10 ballots, incl. 8 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The proposal sought to extend the period of application of Regulation (EU) 2021/1232, which concerns a temporary derogation from certain obligations under EU law.
Rejected by a small majority 228 for · 311 against · 92 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew and PfE; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, PPE and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.
Decision 4:Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America
Committee report by Bernd Lange · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 19 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 proposal adjusts customs duties and opens tariff quotas for certain goods imported from the United States, implementing commitments from a joint EU-US trade statement.
Adopted by a large majority 417 for · 154 against · 71 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE and PfE; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 5:Non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goods
Committee report by Bernd Lange · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 5 ballots
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The proposal extends indefinitely the suspension of customs duties on US lobster imports and expands it to processed lobster, as agreed in a joint statement.
Adopted by a large majority 437 for · 144 against · 60 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE and PfE; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 6:Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)
Committee report by Arba Kokalari, Michael McNamara · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 55 ballots, incl. 29 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The position postpones the application date for certain AI systems to 2 December 2027 for Annex III and 2 August 2028 for Annex I, replacing the Commission's proposed link to a decision.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 569 for · 45 against · 23 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left.
Decision 7:Scope of deposit protection, use of deposit guarantee schemes funds, cross-border cooperation, and transparency (DGSD2)
Committee report · Parliament’s vote on the Council’s position on a proposed law, after the first reading.
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The draft law updates EU rules on deposit protection, covering the scope of deposit guarantee schemes, their funding, cross-border cooperation, and transparency.
Result not yet in Parliament’s recordDecision 8:Surface water and groundwater pollutants
Committee report · Parliament’s vote on the Council’s position on a proposed law, after the first reading.
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The draft law updates EU water rules by amending directives on water policy, groundwater protection, and environmental quality standards.
Result not yet in Parliament’s recordDecision 9:Amending Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 as regards early intervention measures, conditions for resolution and funding of resolution action
Committee report · Parliament’s vote on the Council’s position on a proposed law, after the first reading.
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The draft law amends the EU regulation on the resolution of failing banks, covering early intervention measures, conditions for resolution, and funding of resolution action.
Result not yet in Parliament’s recordDecision 10:Early intervention measures, conditions for resolution and financing of resolution action (BRRD3)
Committee report · Parliament’s vote on the Council’s position on a proposed law, after the first reading.
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The draft law updates EU rules on early intervention measures, conditions for resolution and financing of resolution action for failing banks, and on valuation services in resolution.
Result not yet in Parliament’s record
International agreements & consent · 3
Treaties and agreements Parliament can only approve or refuse as a whole — no amendments are possible.
Decision 11:United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships
Committee report by Ton Diepeveen · 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. Parliament consented to the EU concluding the UN Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships, which harmonises the legal effects of court-ordered ship sales across countries.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 605 for · 3 against · 9 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 12:EU-China Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV
Committee report by Jérémy Decerle · 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. This agreement adjusts EU import quotas for farm, fish and industrial goods after the UK left the EU, splitting the volumes between the EU and the UK.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 603 for · 3 against · 33 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; The Left mostly abstained.
Decision 13:EU-Lebanon Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation setting, participation of Lebanon in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA)
Committee report by Borys Budka · 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 updates the EU-Lebanon scientific cooperation deal so Lebanon can keep taking part in the PRIMA research partnership, which focuses on water, farming and food systems.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 618 for · 6 against · 5 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Budget & emergency funds · 2
Budget decisions: the annual budget, amending budgets, solidarity and adjustment funds, and discharge (approving how a budget was spent).
Decision 14:Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/005 AT/KTM - Austria
Committee report by Janusz Lewandowski
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The decision releases EUR 1 806 624 for personalised services such as career guidance, training, and job-search help for 420 targeted beneficiaries.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 584 for · 39 against · 13 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by ESN.
Decision 15:Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/007 BE/Casa - Belgium
Committee report by Hélder Sousa Silva
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The decision releases EUR 1 916 733, covering 85% of the total cost of tailored measures such as training, outplacement and job fairs.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 575 for · 48 against · 10 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by ESN.
Objections to Commission measures · 3
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 16:Union framework for the national calculation of life-cycle global warming potential
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 to reject an objection to a Commission delegated regulation that sets a Union-wide method for calculating the life-cycle global warming potential of buildings.
Rejected by a large majority 208 for · 414 against · 10 abstainedBacked by ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE.
Objection under Rule 114(3) · delegated act
Decision 17:Certification methodologies for permanent carbon removals activities
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 measure therefore goes ahead, meaning the Commission's methodologies will apply.
Rejected by show of hands, no counts recordedObjection under Rule 114(3) · delegated act
Decision 18:Union list of projects of common interest and projects of mutual interest
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 Commission's delegated regulation amends the EU list of projects of common interest and projects of mutual interest for energy infrastructure.
Rejected by an overwhelming majority 79 for · 528 against · 20 abstainedNo roll call, so how each group voted is not recorded.
Resolutions & reports · 1
Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.
Decision 19:Global Gateway – past impacts and future orientation
Committee report by Chloé Ridel, Hildegard Bentele · 2 ballots
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The resolution calls for reforms to make the initiative more participatory and bottom-up, strengthening the role of partner countries, civil society, and local authorities.
Adopted by a large majority 371 for · 146 against · 80 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, PfE and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.
Parliamentary immunity · 3
Requests from national authorities to lift an MEP’s immunity so legal proceedings can go ahead, or from an MEP to defend it.
Decision 20:Request for the waiver of the immunity of Nikos Pappas
Committee report
Adopted by show of hands, no counts recordedDecision 21:Request for the waiver of the immunity of Grzegorz Braun
Committee report
Adopted by show of hands, no counts recordedDecision 22:Request for the waiver of the immunity of Grzegorz Braun
Committee report
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).