Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Economy & single market
Harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of third countries interest representation
Passed by a large majority
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
- For
- 392
- Against
- 88
- Abstained
- 133
roll-call vote at 12:09 · 64% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Adina Vălean · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · Report A-10-2025-0208
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted its position on a proposed EU directive setting common transparency rules for interest representation carried out on behalf of third countries.§1: source passage in the text The directive aims to harmonise registration requirements across member states and create an EU-level access point for national registers.§2: source passage in the text Parliament asks the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially amends its proposal.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR; Against: The Left, ESN; Abstained: Greens, Patriots
- The Left Against 0 for, 33 against, 4 abstainedof 46
- Greens Abstained 1 for, 0 against, 49 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 111 for, 1 against, 4 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 46 for, 0 against, 18 abstainedof 75
- EPP For 156 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 64 for, 3 against, 0 abstainedof 79
- Patriots Abstained 0 for, 19 against, 57 abstainedof 87
- ESN Against 2 for, 19 against, 0 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 12 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
52 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (33 of 37). Abstained: 4
Elena Kountoura (Greece), Konstantinos Arvanitis (Greece), Nikolas Farantouris (Greece), Nikos Pappas (Greece)
Greens abstained (49 of 50). For: 1
Markéta Gregorová (Czechia)
S&D voted for (111 of 116). Against: 1, Abstained: 4
Alessandro Zan (Italy, against), Lara Wolters (Netherlands, abstained), Marit Maij (Netherlands, abstained), Mohammed Chahim (Netherlands, abstained), Thijs Reuten (Netherlands, abstained)
Renew voted for (46 of 64). Abstained: 18
Abir Al-Sahlani (Sweden), Ana Vasconcelos (Portugal), Andreas Glück (Germany), Emma Wiesner (Sweden), Engin Eroglu (Germany)
13 more from Renew
Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (Netherlands), Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Germany), Joachim Streit (Germany), Ľubica Karvašová (Slovakia), Lucia Yar (Slovakia), Ľudovít Ódor (Slovakia), Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (Germany), Martin Hojsík (Slovakia), Moritz Körner (Germany), Raquel García Hermida-Van der Walle (Netherlands), Sigrid Friis (Denmark), Svenja Hahn (Germany), Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová (Slovakia)
ECR voted for (64 of 67). Against: 3
Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece), Galato Alexandraki (Greece), Geadis Geadi (Cyprus)
Patriots abstained (57 of 76). Against: 19
András Gyürk (Hungary), András László (Hungary), Auke Zijlstra (Netherlands), Csaba Dömötör (Hungary), Enikő Győri (Hungary)
14 more from Patriots
Ernő Schaller-Baross (Hungary), Jorge Buxadé Villalba (Spain), Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal (Spain), Kinga Gál (Hungary), Margarita De La Pisa Carrión (Spain), Marieke Ehlers (Netherlands), Mieke Andriese (Netherlands), Mireia Borrás Pabón (Spain), Pál Szekeres (Hungary), Rachel Blom (Netherlands), Sebastian Kruis (Netherlands), Tamás Deutsch (Hungary), Ton Diepeveen (Netherlands), Viktória Ferenc (Hungary)
ESN voted against (19 of 21). For: 2
Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik (Poland), Marcin Sypniewski (Poland)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 rejected) and 8 parts of the text voted on separately (6 adopted, 2 rejected). Procedural motion adopted: Referral back to committee.