Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., EU budget & funds
Amending of the ERDF, Cohesion Fund and Just Transition Fund as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term review
Urgent procedure agreed
Parliament agreed to deal with the proposal by urgent procedure, without a committee report first; the vote on the text itself comes later.
On the request for urgent procedure:
- For
- 316
- Against
- 291
- Abstained
- 27
roll-call vote at 13:23 · 50% of votes cast were for the request for urgent procedure
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
How the groups voted
For: EPP, ECR, Patriots; Against: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, ESN
- The Left Against 1 for, 40 against, 0 abstainedof 47
- Greens Against 0 for, 49 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D Against 15 for, 99 against, 0 abstainedof 137
- Renew Against 0 for, 54 against, 13 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 162 for, 1 against, 6 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 62 for, 0 against, 7 abstainedof 80
- Patriots For 64 for, 15 against, 0 abstainedof 90
- ESN Against 1 for, 20 against, 0 abstainedof 26
- No group not a group 11 for, 13 against, 1 abstainedof 30
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
59 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (40 of 41). For: 1
Younous Omarjee (France)
S&D voted against (99 of 114). For: 15
Andi Cristea (Romania), Claudiu Manda (Romania), Costas Mavrides (Cyprus), Dragoş Benea (Romania), Gabriela Firea (Romania)
10 more from S&D
Gheorghe Cârciu (Romania), Kristian Vigenin (Bulgaria), Lucia Annunziata (Italy), Mihai Tudose (Romania), Nikos Papandreou (Greece), Ştefan Muşoiu (Romania), Thomas Pellerin-Carlin (France), Tonino Picula (Croatia), Tsvetelina Penkova (Bulgaria), Victor Negrescu (Romania)
Renew voted against (54 of 67). Abstained: 13
Andreas Glück (Germany), Fabienne Keller (France), Gilles Boyer (France), Grégory Allione (France), Hristo Petrov (Bulgaria)
8 more from Renew
Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Germany), Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (Germany), Marie-Pierre Vedrenne (France), Moritz Körner (Germany), Nathalie Loiseau (France), Pascal Canfin (France), Svenja Hahn (Germany), Urmas Paet (Estonia)
EPP voted for (162 of 169). Against: 1, Abstained: 6
András Tivadar Kulja (Hungary, abstained), Dóra Dávid (Hungary, abstained), Eszter Lakos (Hungary, abstained), Gabriella Gerzsenyi (Hungary, abstained), Kinga Kollár (Hungary, abstained)
2 more from EPP
Miriam Lexmann (Slovakia, against), Péter Magyar (Hungary, abstained)
ECR voted for (62 of 69). Abstained: 7
Alexandr Vondra (Czechia), Beatrice Timgren (Sweden), Charlie Weimers (Sweden), Dick Erixon (Sweden), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark)
2 more from ECR
Ondřej Krutílek (Czechia), Veronika Vrecionová (Czechia)
Patriots voted for (64 of 79). Against: 15
Auke Zijlstra (Netherlands), Barbara Bonte (Belgium), Elisabeth Dieringer (Austria), Georg Mayer (Austria), Gerald Hauser (Austria)
10 more from Patriots
Gerolf Annemans (Belgium), Harald Vilimsky (Austria), Marieke Ehlers (Netherlands), Petra Steger (Austria), Rachel Blom (Netherlands), Roman Haider (Austria), Sebastiaan Stöteler (Netherlands), Sebastian Kruis (Netherlands), Tom Vandendriessche (Belgium), Ton Diepeveen (Netherlands)
ESN voted against (20 of 21). For: 1
Sarah Knafo (France)
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