Plenary sitting, Monday, 18 May 2026

4 decisions: 2 adopted, 2 rejected. 4 ballots in all, 4 by , between 18:12 and 18:16.

Agenda requests · 4

Requests by political groups to add or change debates on the week’s agenda.

Decision 1:Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the ECR Group – Attack against citizens in Modena

Adopted by a large majority 355 for · 86 against · 7 abstained

Backed by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left and Verts/ALE.
Decision 2:Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the PfE Group – Terrorist attack in Modena

Rejected by a large majority 134 for · 309 against · 3 abstained

Backed by ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE.
Decision 3:Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the Renew Group – Reduced US military deployment in Europe

Adopted by a large majority 342 for · 65 against · 41 abstained

Backed by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and PfE; opposed by The Left and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.
Decision 4:Tuesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – Israel’s air strikes in Lebanon

Rejected by a clear majority 181 for · 259 against · 6 abstained

Backed by The Left, Verts/ALE and S&D; opposed by Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.

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).