1New EU laws·decision 1 of 9 on Tuesday, 6 October 2026
Programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE)
Committee report by Tonino Picula, Ivars Ijabs · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · voted 13:32–13:33
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
The proposal would set up the Programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE), a new programme to give rapid, agile and targeted support to small and medium-sized enterprises, including innovative start-ups and scaleups, to develop innovative defence solutions. Parliament adopted its position on the law at first reading, which means MEPs have set out where they stand and will need to agree with the Council before the law is final. Parliament calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal, and instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.
How the vote unfolded · 29 ballots
A proposal to reject the whole text was defeated first. Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 25 parts of the text voted on separately (25 lapsed).
Roll calls requested by The Left, ESN · separate votes by ESN.
adoptedrejectedlapsedsquare = amendmentcircle = part of the textdecisive voteSolid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions
All 29 ballots in voting order
1.Proposal to reject the text13:32A10-0188/2026 – Tonino Picula, Ivars Ijabs – Proposal for rejection – Am 3
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).
Codes in ballot labels
Am 27 — amendment 27
§ 5 — paragraph 5
§ 5/2, part 2 — a A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another., taken in parts
Am 3= 7= — identical amendments voted together
***I — Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.; *** — Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.; * — Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Lapsed — Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.