Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
Standard essential patents
Passed by a large majority
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
- For
- 454
- Against
- 83
- Abstained
- 78
roll-call vote at 12:59 · 74% of votes cast in favour
Committee report · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · Report A-9-2024-0016
How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, EPP; Abstained: ESN; Divided: Renew, ECR, Patriots
- The Left For 9 for, 0 against, 3 abstainedof 44
- Greens For 27 for, 0 against, 2 abstainedof 53
- S&D For 57 for, 4 against, 0 abstainedof 135
- Renew Divided 17 for, 10 against, 11 abstainedof 78
- EPP For 67 for, 11 against, 12 abstainedof 184
- ECR Divided 13 for, 4 against, 7 abstainedof 84
- Patriots Divided 15 for, 0 against, 9 abstainedof 85
- ESN Abstained 0 for, 1 against, 2 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 3 for, 2 against, 0 abstainedof 28
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
Nobody voted differently from a clear line of their group.
Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 83 parts of the text voted on separately (29 adopted, 42 rejected, 12 lapsed).