Plenary sitting, Tuesday, 7 July 2026
20 decisions: 20 adopted. 122 ballots in all, 72 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 13:29 and 14:00.
Tightest result: Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse — adopted 331 to 304.
Parliament adopted new laws on social security coordination, air passenger rights, fertiliser support, and cross-border bus services, and passed several resolutions, including a narrowly adopted report on the European Investment Bank.
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:Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse
Parliament’s vote on the Council’s position on a proposed law, after the first reading.
Adopted Request for urgent procedure 331 for · 304 against · 11 abstainedBacked by S&D and PPE; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, Renew, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 2:Coordination of social security systems
Committee report by Gabriele Bischoff · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 2 ballots
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 it easier for people moving within Europe to keep their social security rights, including unemployment benefits, long-term care, and family benefits.
Adopted by a large majority 511 for · 87 against · 61 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 3:Air passenger rights
Committee report by Andrey Novakov · Final approval of a text agreed with the Council in the conciliation committee.
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The adopted law maintains the existing three-hour delay threshold and compensation amounts, and introduces new rights such as free hand baggage in price displays and free seating for children under 14.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 646 for · 12 against · 3 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 4:Temporary support and payment of advances regarding the increased fertiliser prices due to the Middle East crisis
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 2 ballots, incl. 1 amendment
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 576 for · 62 against · 15 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; opposed by The Left and Verts/ALE.
Decision 5:International passenger transport services by coach and bus in the border regions: cabotage operations between Austria and Switzerland
Committee report by Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi · 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 authorisation is limited to specific Austrian border districts and requires no discrimination between EU and other carriers and no distortion of competition.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 654 for · 4 against · 1 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Budget & emergency funds · 3
Budget decisions: the annual budget, amending budgets, solidarity and adjustment funds, and discharge (approving how a budget was spent).
Decision 6:Draft amending budget No 1/2026: entering the surplus of the financial year 2025
Committee report by Andrzej Halicki · 12 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 draft amending budget enters the 2025 surplus of EUR 2,095 million into the 2026 budget, reducing member states' GNI-based contributions by that amount.
Adopted by a large majority 492 for · 101 against · 60 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE and ESN.
Decision 7:Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Application EGF/2026/000 TA 2026 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission
Committee report by Lucia Yar
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The funds will finance administrative and technical expenditure for implementing the fund, including meetings, seminars, communication activities, and an electronic data exchange system.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 532 for · 64 against · 62 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by ESN; PfE mostly abstained.
Decision 8:Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Romania, Cyprus and Spain with regard to natural disasters in 2025
Committee report by Bogdan Rzońca · 2 ballots
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The approved spending releases financial assistance for flood damage in Romania and wildfire damage in Cyprus and Spain.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 642 for · 13 against · 1 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Resolutions & reports · 9
Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.
Decision 9:Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union: extending its term of office and adjusting its responsibilities
Motion for a resolution · 8 ballots, incl. 6 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Parliament extended the term of the special committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union by six months to monitor solutions proposed in its resolution of 10 March 2026.
Adopted by show of hands, no counts recordedDecision 10:Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025
Committee report by Joachim Streit · 17 ballots, incl. 13 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The report welcomes the EIB's strategic roadmap for 2024-2027 and calls for greater investment in competitiveness, defence, and other EU priorities.
Adopted by a small majority 316 for · 281 against · 39 abstainedBacked by Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, PfE and ESN.
Decision 11:Recommendation on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the region
Committee report by Adam Bielan · 13 ballots, incl. 7 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 deeper EU engagement with Japan, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan on security, defence, economic resilience and emerging technologies.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 542 for · 37 against · 79 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by The Left; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 12:Competition policy – annual report 2025
Committee report by Stéphanie Yon-Courtin · 14 ballots, incl. 9 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The report calls for adapting competition rules to new market realities, including digital markets and artificial intelligence, and for stronger enforcement.
Adopted by a large majority 501 for · 61 against · 95 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by ESN; PfE mostly abstained.
Decision 13:A coherent tax framework for the EU’s financial sector
Committee report by Matthias Ecke · 15 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 adopted text is Parliament's official position, urging reforms to modernise VAT rules, coordinate EU-wide taxation, and set common standards for windfall taxes.
Adopted by a large majority 418 for · 152 against · 85 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN; The Left mostly abstained.
Decision 14:A new strategy for media literacy and digital learning
Committee report by Marcos Ros Sempere · 17 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 text stresses the importance of these skills for democracy and calls for coordinated EU action, including better enforcement of existing media and digital rules.
Adopted by a large majority 447 for · 128 against · 78 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by PfE and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.
Decision 15:Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2026 High-Level Political Forum
Committee report by Lukas Mandl, Pierfrancesco Maran · 8 ballots
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The text stresses the need to accelerate progress, particularly on water, energy, and other goals under review, and calls for stronger global partnerships.
Adopted by a clear majority 374 for · 185 against · 74 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN; The Left mostly abstained.
Decision 16:Digital assets – challenges for the competitiveness and integrity of the European Union’s financial system
Committee report by Johan Van Overtveldt · 4 ballots
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The text supports a system-wide, activity-based and technologically neutral approach, and calls for effective enforcement of the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR).
Adopted by a large majority 390 for · 86 against · 134 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left and ESN; Verts/ALE and PfE mostly abstained.
Decision 17:Decision requesting the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations to verify whether the Europe of Sovereign Nations Party complies with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445
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 request follows a letter from the Authority about facts that cast doubt on the party's compliance with the Union's founding values.
Adopted by a large majority 414 for · 224 against · 18 abstainedSecret ballot, so how each group voted is not recorded.
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 18:Request for the waiver of the immunity of Ilhan Kyuchyuk
Committee report
Adopted by show of hands, no counts recordedDecision 19:Request for the waiver of the immunity of Siegbert Frank Droese
Committee report
Adopted by show of hands, no counts recordedDecision 20:Request for the waiver of the immunity of Klára Dobrev
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).