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EU Parl Watch

Plenary session

Wednesday 24 April 2024

54 decisions · 53 passed · 1 failed · 129 · 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.

  1. New EU law

    Decision 1:Trans-European transport network

    Report by Barbara Thaler, Dominique Riquet ·

    Passed 565 for · 37 against · 29 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  2. New EU law

    Decision 2:Packaging and packaging waste

    Report by Frédérique Ries ·

    Passed 476 for · 129 against · 24 abstained by a large majority

  3. New EU law

    Decision 3:Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe

    Report by Javi López ·

    Passed 381 for · 225 against · 17 abstained by a clear majority

  4. New EU law

    Decision 4:Single Market Emergency Instrument

    Report by Andreas Schwab ·

    Passed 408 for · 63 against · 153 abstained by a large majority

  5. New EU law

    Decision 5:Amending certain regulations as regards the establishment of the Single Market Emergency Instrument

    Report by Andreas Schwab ·

    Passed 409 for · 60 against · 157 abstained by a large majority

  6. New EU law

    Decision 6:Amending certain directives as regards the establishment of the Single Market Emergency Instrument

    Report by Andreas Schwab ·

    Passed 412 for · 52 against · 161 abstained by a large majority

  7. New EU law

    Decision 7:Schengen Borders Code

    Report by Sylvie Guillaume ·

    Passed 311 for · 267 against · 53 abstained by a small majority

  8. New EU law

    Decision 8:Cross-border exchange of information on road-safety related traffic offences

    Report by Kosma Złotowski ·

    Passed 570 for · 36 against · 24 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  9. New EU law

    Decision 9:Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed

    Report by Jessica Polfjärd ·

    Passed 336 for · 238 against · 41 abstained by a clear majority

  10. New EU law

    Decision 10:Early intervention measures, conditions for resolution and funding of resolution action (SRMR3)

    Report by Pedro Marques ·

    Passed 352 for · 213 against · 67 abstained by a clear majority

  11. New EU law

    Decision 11:Early intervention measures, conditions for resolution and financing of resolution action (BRRD3)

    Report by Luděk Niedermayer ·

    Passed 335 for · 224 against · 70 abstained by a clear majority

  12. New EU law

    Decision 12:Scope of deposit protection, use of deposit guarantee schemes funds, cross-border cooperation, and transparency (DGSD2)

    Report by Kira Marie Peter-Hansen ·

    Passed 385 for · 180 against · 56 abstained by a clear majority

  13. New EU law

    Decision 13:Corporate sustainability due diligence

    Report by Lara Wolters ·

    Passed 374 for · 235 against · 19 abstained by a clear majority

  14. New EU law

    Decision 14:Improving working conditions in platform work

    Report by Elisabetta Gualmini ·

    Passed 554 for · 56 against · 24 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  15. New EU law

    Decision 15:European Health Data Space

    Report by Tomislav Sokol, Annalisa Tardino ·

    Passed 445 for · 142 against · 39 abstained by a large majority

  16. New EU law

    Decision 16:Measures to facilitate consular protection for unrepresented citizens of the Union in third countries

    Report by Loránt Vincze ·

    Passed 521 for · 89 against · 17 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  17. New EU law

    Decision 17:Combating violence against women and domestic violence

    Report by Evin Incir, Frances Fitzgerald ·

    Passed 522 for · 27 against · 72 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  18. New EU law

    Decision 18:European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities

    Report by Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová ·

    Passed 613 for · 7 against · 11 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  19. New EU law

    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 ·

    Passed 607 for · 8 against · 17 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  20. New EU law

    Decision 20:Production and marketing of plant reproductive material

    Report by Herbert Dorfmann ·

    Passed 431 for · 104 against · 82 abstained by a large majority

  21. New EU law

    Decision 21:Production and marketing of forest reproductive material

    Report by Herbert Dorfmann ·

    Passed 416 for · 61 against · 136 abstained by a large majority

  22. New EU law

    Decision 22:Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans

    Report by Tonino Picula, Karlo Ressler ·

    Passed 517 for · 56 against · 30 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  23. New EU law

    Decision 23:Simplification of certain CAP rules

    Passed 422 for · 139 against · 9 abstained by a large majority

    Electronic vote: totals recorded, but not how each MEP voted.

  24. New EU law

    Decision 24:Approval and market surveillance of non-road mobile machinery circulating on public roads

    Report by Tom Vandenkendelaere ·

    Passed 582 for · 10 against · 3 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  25. New EU law

    Decision 25:Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against pests of plants

    Report by Clara Aguilera ·

    Passed 551 for · 24 against · 15 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  26. New EU law

    Decision 26:Transparency and integrity of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating activities

    Report by Aurore Lalucq ·

    Passed 464 for · 115 against · 13 abstained by a large majority

  27. New EU law

    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 ·

    Passed 448 for · 120 against · 21 abstained by a large majority

  28. New EU law

    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 ·

    Passed 448 for · 122 against · 20 abstained by a large majority

  29. New EU law

    Decision 29:Increasing the attractiveness of public capital markets and facilitating access to capital for SMEs – amending certain regulations

    Report by Alfred Sant ·

    Passed 533 for · 31 against · 28 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  30. New EU law

    Decision 30:Increasing the attractiveness of public capital markets and facilitating access to capital for SMEs – amending directive

    Report by Alfred Sant ·

    Passed 535 for · 16 against · 39 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  31. New EU law

    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 ·

    Passed 353 for · 118 against · 114 abstained by a clear majority

  32. New EU law

    Decision 32:Standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application

    Report by Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé ·

    Passed 461 for · 56 against · 66 abstained by a large majority

  33. New EU law

    Decision 33:Cyber Solidarity Act

    Report by Lina Gálvez Muñoz ·

    Passed 470 for · 23 against · 86 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  34. New EU law

    Decision 34:European Union labour market statistics on businesses

    Report by Irene Tinagli ·

    Passed 459 for · 76 against · 49 abstained by a large majority

  35. New EU law

    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 ·

    Passed 530 for · 36 against · 14 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  36. New EU law

    Decision 36:EuroHPC initiative for start-ups to boost European leadership in trustworthy Artificial Intelligence

    Committee report ·

    Passed 525 for · 32 against · 21 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  37. New EU law

    Decision 37:Surface water and groundwater pollutants

    Report by Milan Brglez ·

    Passed 452 for · 43 against · 83 abstained by a large majority

  38. New EU law

    Decision 38:Company law – further expanding and upgrading the use of digital tools and processes

    Report by Emil Radev ·

    Passed 550 for · 3 against · 19 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  39. New EU law

    Decision 39:Statistics on population and housing

    Report by Irena Joveva ·

    Passed 433 for · 116 against · 23 abstained by a large majority

  40. New EU law

    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 ·

    Passed 486 for · 56 against · 26 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  41. New EU law

    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 ·

    Passed 424 for · 130 against · 17 abstained by a large majority

  42. New EU law

    Decision 42:The sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive

    Report by Luděk Niedermayer, Paul Tang ·

    Passed 513 for · 25 against · 33 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  43. New EU law

    Decision 43:Anti-Money Laundering Regulation

    Report by Eero Heinäluoma, Damien Carême ·

    Passed 479 for · 61 against · 32 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  44. New EU law

    Decision 44:Establishing the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism

    Report by Eva Maria Poptcheva, Emil Radev ·

    Passed 482 for · 47 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).

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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 ·

    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.

  1. 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

  2. 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.

  1. Resolution

    Decision 53:Managed security services***I

    Report by Josianne Cutajar

    Adopted 530 for · 5 against · 53 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  2. 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