Plenary session of 15–18 Dec, day 2 of 4
Tuesday 16 December 2025
15 decisions · 10 passed · 2 immunity decisions · 3 without a final vote · 85 A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. · 12:46–13:15
AI:The day in brief
Parliament adopted positions on several new EU laws, including trade safeguards, defence investment incentives, and agricultural subsidy reforms, while rejecting a proposal on consumer dispute resolution.
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New EU laws · 9
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
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Agriculture, food & fisheries, New EU law
Decision 1:Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products
Report by Gabriel Mato · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 431 for · 161 against · 70 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The law aims to protect sensitive EU agricultural sectors by allowing swift, proportionate measures when imports from Mercosur countries cause or threaten serious injury to EU producers.
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Economy & single market, New EU law
Decision 2:Amending the Directive on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes
Report by Laura Ballarín Cereza · Parliament’s vote on the Council’s position on a proposed law, after the first reading.
Amendment 1 rejected On the amendment: 122 for · 470 against · 69 abstained
AI summary:The proposal updates EU rules on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes after the European Online Dispute Resolution Platform was discontinued.
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Economy & single market, New EU law
Decision 3:Compulsory licensing of patents in crisis situations
Report by Adrián Vázquez Lázara · Parliament’s vote on the Council’s position on a proposed law, after the first reading.
No single final vote: only amendments or parts of the text were voted on.
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Economy & single market, New EU law
Decision 4:Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan
Report by Rihards Kols · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 519 for · 119 against · 25 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The law amends several EU funding programmes to support defence technologies, dual-use research, and military mobility, without creating new instruments.
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EU budget & funds, New EU law
Decision 5:Amending certain CAP Regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penalties
Report by André Rodrigues · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 629 for · 17 against · 16 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The amendments cover conditionality, direct payments, sector interventions, and annual performance reporting, as well as data governance and payment suspensions.
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Foreign affairs, New EU law
Decision 6:Providing macro-financial assistance to Jordan
Report by Céline Imart · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 585 for · 34 against · 45 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The European Parliament adopted its position on a proposal to provide Jordan with macro-financial assistance of up to EUR 500 million in loans.
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EU budget & funds, New EU law
Decision 7:Brexit Adjustment Reserve
Report by Pascal Arimont · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 619 for · 6 against · 37 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The adjustment is a technical, financial and legal change that aligns the fund's regulation with a reduction agreed during the mid-term revision of the EU's long-term budget, without affecting funds already paid out or transferred.
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Economy & single market, New EU law
Decision 8:Corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements
Report by Jörgen Warborn · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 428 for · 218 against · 17 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The proposal aims to simplify and reduce the burden on EU enterprises, while maintaining human rights and environmental standards.
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Foreign affairs, New EU law
Decision 9:Establishing the Reparations Loan to Ukraine
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Urgent procedure agreed Decided by show of hands: no count recorded.
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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Jobs, social affairs & equality, Budget decision
Decision 10:Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/003 SE/Northvolt – Sweden
Report by Aura Salla
Passed 578 for · 54 against · 30 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The decision releases EU money for personalised services such as job-search help, training, business start-up support and allowances for the affected workers.
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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Agriculture, food & fisheries, Objection to a Commission measure
Objection under Rule 115(2) and (3) · implementing measure
Decision 11:Genetically modified maize NK603
Motion for a resolution
Objection passed On the objection: 479 for · 173 against · 8 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:Parliament objected to a Commission plan to renew the authorisation of genetically modified maize NK603, which is tolerant to glyphosate, for use in food, feed and other products, excluding cultivation.
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Agriculture, food & fisheries, Objection to a Commission measure
Objection under Rule 115(2) and (3) · implementing measure
Decision 12:Genetically modified sugar beet KWS20-1
Motion for a resolution
Objection passed On the objection: 455 for · 169 against · 8 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:Parliament objected to a Commission draft decision that would authorise selling food, food ingredients and feed made from genetically modified sugar beet KWS20-1 in the EU.
Resolutions & reports · 1
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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Foreign affairs, Resolution
Decision 13:Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia
Report by Hana Jalloul Muro
Adopted 417 for · 131 against · 108 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The text calls for a Strategic Partnership Agreement to give a legally binding framework to ties, covering areas such as energy, trade, security and human rights.
Parliamentary immunity · 2
Requests from national authorities to lift an MEP’s immunity so legal proceedings can go ahead, or from an MEP to defend it.
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EU institutions & Parliament, Immunity decision
Decision 14:Request for the waiver of the immunity of Alessandra Moretti
Committee report
Immunity waived On the committee’s proposal to waive the immunity: 497 for · 139 against · 15 abstained by a large majority
Electronic vote: totals recorded, but not how each MEP voted.
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EU institutions & Parliament, Immunity decision
Decision 15:Request for the waiver of the immunity of Elisabetta Gualmini
Committee report
Immunity kept On the committee’s proposal not to waive the immunity: 382 for · 254 against · 19 abstained by a clear majority
Electronic vote: totals recorded, but not how each MEP voted.