Wednesday 24 April 2024
54 decisions · 53 passed · 1 failed · 129 A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. · 13:24–18:54
No AI brief of this day yet.
New EU laws · 44
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:Trans-European transport network
Report by Barbara Thaler, Dominique Riquet · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 565 for · 37 against · 29 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 2:Packaging and packaging waste
Report by Frédérique Ries · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 476 for · 129 against · 24 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 3:Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe
Report by Javi López · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 381 for · 225 against · 17 abstained by a clear majority
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Decision 4:Single Market Emergency Instrument
Report by Andreas Schwab · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 408 for · 63 against · 153 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 5:Amending certain regulations as regards the establishment of the Single Market Emergency Instrument
Report by Andreas Schwab · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 409 for · 60 against · 157 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 6:Amending certain directives as regards the establishment of the Single Market Emergency Instrument
Report by Andreas Schwab · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 412 for · 52 against · 161 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 7:Schengen Borders Code
Report by Sylvie Guillaume · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 311 for · 267 against · 53 abstained by a small majority
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Decision 8:Cross-border exchange of information on road-safety related traffic offences
Report by Kosma Złotowski · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 570 for · 36 against · 24 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 9:Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed
Report by Jessica Polfjärd · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 336 for · 238 against · 41 abstained by a clear majority
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Decision 10:Early intervention measures, conditions for resolution and funding of resolution action (SRMR3)
Report by Pedro Marques · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 352 for · 213 against · 67 abstained by a clear majority
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Decision 11:Early intervention measures, conditions for resolution and financing of resolution action (BRRD3)
Report by Luděk Niedermayer · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 335 for · 224 against · 70 abstained by a clear majority
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Decision 12:Scope of deposit protection, use of deposit guarantee schemes funds, cross-border cooperation, and transparency (DGSD2)
Report by Kira Marie Peter-Hansen · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 385 for · 180 against · 56 abstained by a clear majority
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Decision 13:Corporate sustainability due diligence
Report by Lara Wolters · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 374 for · 235 against · 19 abstained by a clear majority
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Decision 14:Improving working conditions in platform work
Report by Elisabetta Gualmini · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 554 for · 56 against · 24 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 15:European Health Data Space
Report by Tomislav Sokol, Annalisa Tardino · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 445 for · 142 against · 39 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 16:Measures to facilitate consular protection for unrepresented citizens of the Union in third countries
Report by Loránt Vincze · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Passed 521 for · 89 against · 17 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 17:Combating violence against women and domestic violence
Report by Evin Incir, Frances Fitzgerald · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 522 for · 27 against · 72 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 18:European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities
Report by Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 613 for · 7 against · 11 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 19:European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State
Report by Antonius Manders, Alice Kuhnke · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 607 for · 8 against · 17 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 20:Production and marketing of plant reproductive material
Report by Herbert Dorfmann · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 431 for · 104 against · 82 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 21:Production and marketing of forest reproductive material
Report by Herbert Dorfmann · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 416 for · 61 against · 136 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 22:Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans
Report by Tonino Picula, Karlo Ressler · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 517 for · 56 against · 30 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 23:Simplification of certain CAP rules
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 422 for · 139 against · 9 abstained by a large majority
Electronic vote: totals recorded, but not how each MEP voted.
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Decision 24:Approval and market surveillance of non-road mobile machinery circulating on public roads
Report by Tom Vandenkendelaere · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 582 for · 10 against · 3 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 25:Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against pests of plants
Report by Clara Aguilera · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 551 for · 24 against · 15 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 26:Transparency and integrity of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating activities
Report by Aurore Lalucq · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 464 for · 115 against · 13 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 27:Treatment of concentration risk arising from exposures towards central counterparties and of counterparty risk in centrally cleared derivative transactions
Report by Danuta Maria Hübner · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 448 for · 120 against · 21 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 28:Measures to mitigate excessive exposures to third-country central counterparties and improve the efficiency of Union clearing markets
Report by Danuta Maria Hübner · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 448 for · 122 against · 20 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 29:Increasing the attractiveness of public capital markets and facilitating access to capital for SMEs – amending certain regulations
Report by Alfred Sant · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 533 for · 31 against · 28 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 30:Increasing the attractiveness of public capital markets and facilitating access to capital for SMEs – amending directive
Report by Alfred Sant · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 535 for · 16 against · 39 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 31:Multiple-vote share structures in companies that seek the admission to trading of their shares on an SME growth market
Report by Alfred Sant · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 353 for · 118 against · 114 abstained by a clear majority
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Decision 32:Standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application
Report by Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 461 for · 56 against · 66 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 33:Cyber Solidarity Act
Report by Lina Gálvez Muñoz · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 470 for · 23 against · 86 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 34:European Union labour market statistics on businesses
Report by Irene Tinagli · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 459 for · 76 against · 49 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 35:Amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 as regards the scope of the rules for benchmarks, the use in the Union of benchmarks provided by an administrator located in a third country, and certain reporting requirements
Report by Jonás Fernández · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 530 for · 36 against · 14 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 36:EuroHPC initiative for start-ups to boost European leadership in trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
Committee report · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Passed 525 for · 32 against · 21 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 37:Surface water and groundwater pollutants
Report by Milan Brglez · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 452 for · 43 against · 83 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 38:Company law – further expanding and upgrading the use of digital tools and processes
Report by Emil Radev · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 550 for · 3 against · 19 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 39:Statistics on population and housing
Report by Irena Joveva · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 433 for · 116 against · 23 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 40:Amending Directive 2013/36/EU as regards supervisory powers, sanctions, third-country branches, and environmental, social and governance risks
Report by Jonás Fernández · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 486 for · 56 against · 26 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 41:Amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards requirements for credit risk, credit valuation adjustment risk, operational risk, market risk and the output floor
Report by Jonás Fernández · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 424 for · 130 against · 17 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 42:The sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive
Report by Luděk Niedermayer, Paul Tang · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 513 for · 25 against · 33 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 43:Anti-Money Laundering Regulation
Report by Eero Heinäluoma, Damien Carême · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 479 for · 61 against · 32 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 44:Establishing the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism
Report by Eva Maria Poptcheva, Emil Radev · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 482 for · 47 against · 38 abstained by an overwhelming majority
International agreements & consent · 2
Treaties and agreements Parliament can only approve or refuse as a whole — no amendments are possible.
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International agreement
Decision 45:Withdrawal of the Union from the Energy Charter Treaty
Report by Anna Cavazzini, Marc Botenga · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Consent given 560 for · 43 against · 27 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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International agreement
Decision 46:Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction
Report by Silvia Modig · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Consent given 556 for · 36 against · 38 abstained by an overwhelming majority
Budget & emergency funds · 3
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 47:Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Application EGF/2023/004 DK/Danish Crown – Denmark
Report by Janusz Lewandowski
Passed 590 for · 24 against · 12 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Budget decision
Decision 48:Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Application EGF/2023/003 DE/Vallourec – Germany
Report by Jens Geier
Passed 602 for · 24 against · 3 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Budget decision
Decision 49:Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Application EGF/2024/000 TA 2024 – Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission
Report by Margarida Marques · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 547 for · 33 against · 49 abstained by an overwhelming majority
Objections to Commission measures · 2
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 50:Novel foods – the definition of ‘engineered nanomaterials’
Motion for a resolution
Objection passed On the objection: 388 for · 188 against · 47 abstained by a large majority
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Objection to a Commission measure
Objection under Rule 112(2) and (3)
Decision 51:Calculation, verification and reporting of data on recycled plastic content in single-use plastic beverage bottles
Motion for a resolution
Objection failed On the objection: 243 for · 339 against · 47 abstained by a clear majority
Electronic vote: totals recorded, but not how each MEP voted.
Resolutions & reports · 3
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 52:Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the training on preventing conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management
Report by Gabriele Bischoff
Adopted 473 for · 89 against · 53 abstained by a large majority
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Resolution
Decision 53:Managed security services***I
Report by Josianne Cutajar
Adopted 530 for · 5 against · 53 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Resolution
Decision 54:Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Hungary to strengthen the rule of law and its budgetary implications
Motion for a resolution
Adopted 399 for · 117 against · 28 abstained by a large majority