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Amendment of Annex VI – Powers and responsibilities of the standing committees
Adopted by a large majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 448
- Against
- 161
- Abstained
- 40
roll-call vote at 12:15 · 69% of votes cast in favour
Motion for a resolution · Motion B-10-2024-0215
AI:What this decision does
Parliament decided to set up a standing committee on Security and Defence and a standing committee on Public Health, replacing the existing subcommittees on those topics.§1: source passage in the text The Security and Defence committee will handle EU security and defence integration, including CSDP, the European Defence Agency, and defence industry matters, while the Public Health committee will cover pharmaceuticals, health crisis preparedness, and related agencies.§1: source passage in the text The committees on Foreign Affairs and on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety will have their responsibilities adjusted accordingly, and the decision takes effect at the next part-session.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: The Left, Patriots, ESN; Divided: ECR
- The Left Against 1 for, 38 against, 3 abstainedof 47
- Greens For 44 for, 0 against, 4 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 119 for, 2 against, 3 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 74 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 78
- EPP For 166 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 193
- ECR Divided 40 for, 12 against, 19 abstainedof 80
- Patriots Against 0 for, 68 against, 8 abstainedof 91
- ESN Against 0 for, 22 against, 0 abstainedof 26
- No group not a group 4 for, 19 against, 3 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
21 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (38 of 42). For: 1, Abstained: 3
Jussi Saramo (Finland, abstained), Li Andersson (Finland, abstained), Merja Kyllönen (Finland, abstained), Younous Omarjee (France, for)
Greens voted for (44 of 48). Abstained: 4
Ana Miranda Paz (Spain), Benedetta Scuderi (Italy), Jaume Asens Llodrà (Spain), Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Spain)
S&D voted for (119 of 124). Against: 2, Abstained: 3
Alex Agius Saliba (Malta, abstained), Daniel Attard (Malta, abstained), Kristian Vigenin (Bulgaria, against), Thomas Bajada (Malta, abstained), Udo Bullmann (Germany, against)
Patriots voted against (68 of 76). Abstained: 8
Jana Nagyová (Czechia), Jaroslav Bžoch (Czechia), Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (Czechia), Klara Dostalova (Czechia), Nikola Bartůšek (Czechia)
3 more from Patriots
Ondřej Knotek (Czechia), Ondřej Kovařík (Czechia), Tomáš Kubín (Czechia)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 9 amendments (9 rejected) and 7 parts of the text voted on separately (5 adopted, 2 rejected).