Tuesday 23 April 2024
30 decisions · 27 passed · 2 failed · 1 without a final vote · 44 A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. · 13:12–14:01
No AI brief of this day yet.
New EU laws · 23
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
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New EU law
Decision 1:Measures to reduce the cost of deploying gigabit electronic communications networks (Gigabit Infrastructure Act)
Report by Alin Mituța · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 594 for · 7 against · 15 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 2:The transfer of proceedings in criminal matters
Report by Assita Kanko · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 604 for · 2 against · 6 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 3:Amendments to the Solvency II Directive
Report by Markus Ferber · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 549 for · 56 against · 9 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 4:Establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of insurance and reinsurance undertakings
Report by Markus Ferber · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 475 for · 37 against · 99 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 5:Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures
Report by Maria Spyraki · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 533 for · 11 against · 65 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 6:Payment services and electronic money services in the Internal Market
Report by Ondřej Kovařík · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 484 for · 8 against · 118 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 7:Payment services in the internal market and amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
Report by Marek Belka · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 511 for · 22 against · 75 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 8:Combating late payment in commercial transactions
Report by Róża Thun und Hohenstein · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 459 for · 96 against · 54 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 9:Amending Directive 2014/62/EU as regards certain reporting requirements
Report by Juan Fernando López Aguilar · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 602 for · 3 against · 2 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 10:Access of competent authorities to centralised bank account registries through the single access point
Report by Emil Radev · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 571 for · 18 against · 17 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 11:Regulation on import, export and transit measures for firearms, their essential components and ammunition (recast)
Report by Bernd Lange · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 537 for · 40 against · 28 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 12:Ecodesign Regulation
Report by Alessandra Moretti · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 455 for · 99 against · 54 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 13:Temporary trade-liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products under the EU/Euratom/Ukraine Association Agreement
Report by Sandra Kalniete · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 428 for · 131 against · 44 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 14:Visa exemption for holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate
Report by Matjaž Nemec · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 406 for · 97 against · 94 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 15:Preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution
Report by João Albuquerque · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 538 for · 32 against · 31 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 16:Common rules promoting the repair of goods
Report by René Repasi · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 584 for · 3 against · 14 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 17:Prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market
Report by Samira Rafaela, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 555 for · 6 against · 45 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 18:Amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims
Report by Malin Björk, Eugenia Rodríguez Palop · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 563 for · 7 against · 17 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 19:Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance
Report by Markus Ferber, Margarida Marques · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 367 for · 161 against · 69 abstained by a clear majority
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Decision 20:Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending regulation
Report by Markus Ferber, Margarida Marques · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Passed 368 for · 166 against · 64 abstained by a clear majority
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Decision 21:Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending directive
Report by Markus Ferber, Margarida Marques · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Passed 359 for · 166 against · 61 abstained by a clear majority
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Decision 22:Gradual roll-out of Eudamed, information obligation in case of interruption of supply and the transitional provisions for certain in vitro diagnostic medical devices
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed Decided by show of hands: no count recorded.
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Decision 23:Union retail investor protection rules
Committee report · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Negotiating mandate approved On the decision to open negotiations with the Council: 352 for · 230 against · 21 abstained
Electronic vote: totals recorded, but not how each MEP voted.
International agreements & consent · 1
Treaties and agreements Parliament can only approve or refuse as a whole — no amendments are possible.
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International agreement
Decision 24:Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement: participation of Egypt in Union programmes
Report by Michael Gahler · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Consent given 456 for · 53 against · 90 abstained by a large majority
Budget & emergency funds · 1
Budget decisions: the annual budget, amending budgets, solidarity and adjustment funds, and discharge (approving how a budget was spent).
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Budget decision
Decision 25:Discharge 2022: EU general budget – European Council and Council
Report by Luke Ming Flanagan
Discharge decision adopted On the proposal for a discharge decision: 435 for · 92 against · 77 abstained by a large majority
Objections to Commission measures · 3
Parliament can object to technical rules the Commission adopts on its own. Against a delegated act an adopted objection is a veto; against most implementing measures (such as GMO authorisations) it is a call on the Commission to withdraw the measure, which is not legally binding.
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Objection to a Commission measure
Objection under Rule 111(3)
Decision 26:Deleting Gibraltar from the table in Point I of the Annex to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675
Motion for a resolution
Objection passed On the objection: 490 for · 64 against · 56 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Objection to a Commission measure
Objection under Rule 111(3)
Decision 27:Feedstock for the production of biofuels and biogas
Motion for a resolution
Objection failed On the objection: 245 for · 331 against · 31 abstained by a small majority
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Objection to a Commission measure
Objection under Rule 111(3)
Decision 28:Commission delegated regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 as regards the amount of the visa fees
Motion for a resolution
Objection failed On the objection: 271 for · 309 against · 31 abstained by a small majority
Electronic vote: totals recorded, but not how each MEP voted.
Resolutions & reports · 2
Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.
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Resolution
Decision 29:Recommendation for a decision not to oppose a delegated act: rules on the ratio for GAEC Standard 1
Motion for a resolution
Adopted 417 for · 162 against · 25 abstained by a large majority
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Appointment
Decision 30:Appointment of Karen Braun-Munzinger as a new member of the Single Resolution Board
Committee report
Appointment approved 435 for · 49 against · 105 abstained by a large majority
Electronic vote: totals recorded, but not how each MEP voted.