Plenary sitting, Tuesday, 15 September 2026
19 decisions: 18 adopted, 1 rejected. 373 ballots in all, 175 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 13:06 and 14:05.
Tightest result: Request for the waiver of the immunity of Matej Tonin — rejected 304 to 306.
Parliament set out its positions on several climate and energy laws, fisheries rules and trade measures, and decided on immunity requests, with most votes carried by large majorities.
New EU laws · 8
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
Decision 1:Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures
Committee report by Mohammed Chahim · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 72 ballots, incl. 17 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The Commission proposal would extend the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) from 1 January 2028 to selected steel- and aluminium-intensive downstream products, and add measures against avoidance behaviour such as enhanced reporting, traceability and stronger powers on misdeclaration.
Adopted by a large majority 464 for · 50 against · 159 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; ECR, PfE and ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 2:Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund
Committee report by Pascal Canfin · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 53 ballots, incl. 9 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Parliament set out its position on a proposed regulation that would create a Temporary Decarbonisation Fund to support operators in energy-intensive sectors facing a remaining carbon leakage risk, complementing the EU Emissions Trading System and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
Adopted by a large majority 433 for · 97 against · 146 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by PfE and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.
Decision 3:Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowances
Committee report by Pierfrancesco Maran · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 11 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 proposal concerns a decision amending Decision (EU) 2015/1814 so that allowances in the Market Stability Reserve (MSR) of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) would no longer be invalidated.
Adopted by a clear majority 367 for · 240 against · 59 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN; The Left and Verts/ALE mostly abstained.
Decision 4:Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectors
Committee report by Danuše Nerudová · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 22 ballots
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The proposal responds to concerns raised by 19 member states about price uncertainty and volatility in the ETS2, and it smoothens the reserve's trigger mechanism, extends the reserve beyond 2031 and reinforces the price control mechanism.
Adopted by a large majority 467 for · 158 against · 41 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, PfE and ESN.
Decision 5:Implementation into Union law of measures adopted by regional fisheries management organisations
Committee report by Thomas Bajada · 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 Commission proposed a regulation to update several EU laws that apply conservation, management and control measures in the convention areas of six regional fisheries management organisations, and to bring rules agreed multilaterally between 2018 and 2024 into EU law.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 559 for · 48 against · 62 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 6:General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM): fishing in the GFCM Agreement area
Committee report by Željana Zovko · 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. Parliament is considering a proposal to amend an existing European Union regulation on certain provisions for fishing in the area covered by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) Agreement.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 580 for · 51 against · 39 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and ESN; opposed by PfE.
Decision 7:Temporary trade-liberalisation measures applicable to Armenian products
Committee report by Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 583 for · 49 against · 39 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and ESN; opposed by PfE.
Decision 8:Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030
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
Budget & emergency funds · 1
Budget decisions: the annual budget, amending budgets, solidarity and adjustment funds, and discharge (approving how a budget was spent).
Decision 9:Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure
Committee report by Andrzej Halicki · 18 ballots, incl. 8 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Draft amending budget No 2/2026 updates the European Union budget for 2026 by adjusting spending, especially payment appropriations, and updating revenue from own resources and other sources.
Adopted by a large majority 440 for · 127 against · 104 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by PfE and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.
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 10:Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield
Committee report by Tomas Tobé · 139 ballots, incl. 61 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. By adopting the text, Parliament made it its official position, meaning it now states where it stands on the threats described and on the reforms it says are needed.
Adopted by a large majority 420 for · 220 against · 26 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 11:Implementation of the Council Recommendation on a Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee
Committee report by Hristo Petrov · 27 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 report examines the Youth Guarantee, a commitment to offer every young person under 30 good quality employment, continued education, an apprenticeship or a traineeship within four months of becoming unemployed or leaving education.
Adopted by a large majority 530 for · 77 against · 61 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by ESN.
Decision 12:The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027
Committee report by Sabrina Repp · 20 ballots, incl. 6 amendments
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. This report examines how the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027 was put into practice, focusing on policy coherence, youth inclusion and participation, access to quality education and training, volunteering and youth work.
Adopted by a large majority 477 for · 124 against · 66 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by PfE and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.
Decision 13:Global role of the euro
Committee report by Rasmus Andresen
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The report calls on the Commission, in close cooperation with the European Central Bank, to develop a comprehensive strategy for strengthening the international role of the euro and to submit it to Parliament and the Council for scrutiny.
Adopted by a large majority 405 for · 146 against · 60 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by PfE and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.
Decision 14:Appointment of the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority
Committee report
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Parliament considered the appointment of Thomas Gstädtner as Executive Director of the European Banking Authority, following a proposal from the Authority's Board of Supervisors and a hearing in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 554 for · 33 against · 44 abstainedSecret ballot, so how each group voted is not recorded.
Decision 15:Appointment of the Chairperson of the European Securities and Markets Authority
Committee report
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Parliament considered the appointment of Carlo Comporti as Chairperson of the European Securities and Markets Authority, following a shortlist drawn up by the Authority's Board of Supervisors and a Council proposal.
Adopted by a large majority 527 for · 52 against · 86 abstainedSecret ballot, so how each group voted is not recorded.
Parliamentary immunity · 4
Requests from national authorities to lift an MEP’s immunity so legal proceedings can go ahead, or from an MEP to defend it.
Decision 16:Request for the waiver of the immunity of Afroditi Latinopoulou
Committee report
Adopted by show of hands, no counts recordedDecision 17:Request for the waiver of the immunity of Grzegorz Braun
Committee report
Adopted by show of hands, no counts recordedDecision 18:Request for the waiver of the immunity of Matej Tonin
Committee report
Rejected narrowly 304 for · 306 against · 25 abstainedNo roll call, so how each group voted is not recorded.
Decision 19:Request for the waiver of the immunity of Francisco Assis
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).