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Competition policy – annual report 2024
Adopted by a large majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 358
- Against
- 124
- Abstained
- 79
roll-call vote at 13:47 · 64% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Lara Wolters · Report A-10-2025-0071
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted its annual report on EU competition policy, setting out its position for the year 2024.§1: source passage in the text The report calls for competition policy to support EU goals like sustainability and competitiveness, while warning against market dominance and distortion from State aid.§1: source passage in the text It asks the Commission to enforce rules on exploitative abuses, review merger rules, and involve Parliament more in shaping policy.§2: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: Patriots, ESN; Divided: The Left, ECR
- The Left Divided 3 for, 7 against, 19 abstainedof 47
- Greens For 47 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 108 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 60 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 136 for, 0 against, 4 abstainedof 193
- ECR Divided 0 for, 27 against, 39 abstainedof 80
- Patriots Against 0 for, 66 against, 6 abstainedof 90
- ESN Against 0 for, 18 against, 3 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 4 for, 6 against, 8 abstainedof 29
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
13 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
EPP voted for (136 of 140). Abstained: 4
David Casa (Malta), Jessika van Leeuwen (Netherlands), Peter Agius (Malta), Sander Smit (Netherlands)
Patriots voted against (66 of 72). Abstained: 6
Elisabeth Dieringer (Austria), Georg Mayer (Austria), Gerald Hauser (Austria), Harald Vilimsky (Austria), Petra Steger (Austria)
1 more from Patriots
Roman Haider (Austria)
ESN voted against (18 of 21). Abstained: 3
Mary Khan (Germany), Petr Bystron (Germany), Zsuzsanna Borvendég (Hungary)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 10 amendments (10 rejected) and 8 parts of the text voted on separately (4 adopted, 4 rejected).