4New EU laws·decision 4 of 9 on Tuesday, 6 October 2026
Economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States in the euro area experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability
Committee report by Markus Ferber, Carla Tavares · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · voted at 13:39
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
Parliament adopted its first-reading position on a proposed regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 472/2013 on economic and budgetary surveillance of euro area member states facing or threatened with serious financial stability difficulties. The proposal updates the surveillance rules to align them with the 2024 reform of the Union's economic governance framework, including the national medium-term fiscal-structural plans, and to simplify and streamline the legislation. It also clarifies when enhanced surveillance applies to member states receiving precautionary financial assistance, takes account of the European Financial Stability Facility no longer engaging in new financing programmes, and clarifies the division of responsibilities between the European Central Bank and national supervisors. Parliament calls on the Commission to refer the matter to it again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal.
How the vote unfolded · 2 ballots
A proposal to reject the whole text was defeated first.
adoptedrejectedlapsedsquare = amendmentcircle = part of the textdecisive voteSolid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions
All 2 ballots in voting order
1.Proposal to reject the textProposal for rejection
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
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.