Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Economy & single market
Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan
Passed by a large majority
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
- For
- 519
- Against
- 119
- Abstained
- 25
roll-call vote at 13:07 · 78% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Rihards Kols · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · Report A-10-2025-0172
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted its position on a law to incentivise defence-related investments in the EU budget, implementing the ReArm Europe Plan.§1: source passage in the text The law amends several EU funding programmes to support defence technologies, dual-use research, and military mobility, without creating new instruments.§1: 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: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR; Against: The Left, ESN; Divided: Patriots
- The Left Against 1 for, 35 against, 6 abstainedof 46
- Greens For 35 for, 11 against, 3 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 120 for, 5 against, 0 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 64 for, 1 against, 1 abstainedof 75
- EPP For 179 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 66 for, 2 against, 5 abstainedof 79
- Patriots Divided 49 for, 20 against, 9 abstainedof 87
- ESN Against 1 for, 21 against, 1 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 4 for, 24 against, 0 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
37 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (35 of 42). For: 1, Abstained: 6
Estrella Galán (Spain, abstained), Hanna Gedin (Sweden, abstained), Jonas Sjöstedt (Sweden, abstained), Jussi Saramo (Finland, abstained), Li Andersson (Finland, abstained)
2 more from The Left
Merja Kyllönen (Finland, for), Sebastian Everding (Germany, abstained)
Greens voted for (35 of 49). Against: 11, Abstained: 3
Ana Miranda Paz (Spain, against), Benedetta Scuderi (Italy, against), Cristina Guarda (Italy, against), David Cormand (France, against), Diana Riba I Giner (Spain, against)
9 more from Greens
Gordan Bosanac (Croatia, abstained), Lena Schilling (Austria, abstained), Marie Toussaint (France, against), Mélissa Camara (France, against), Mounir Satouri (France, against), Saskia Bricmont (Belgium, against), Thomas Waitz (Austria, abstained), Tilly Metz (Luxembourg, against), Vladimir Prebilič (Slovenia, against)
S&D voted for (120 of 125). Against: 5
Alex Agius Saliba (Malta), Cecilia Strada (Italy), Daniel Attard (Malta), Marco Tarquinio (Italy), Thomas Bajada (Malta)
Renew voted for (64 of 66). Against: 1, Abstained: 1
Ciaran Mullooly (Ireland, against), Michael Mcnamara (Ireland, abstained)
ECR voted for (66 of 73). Against: 2, Abstained: 5
Adrian-George Axinia (Romania, abstained), Claudiu-Richard Târziu (Romania, abstained), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, against), Galato Alexandraki (Greece, against), Georgiana Teodorescu (Romania, abstained)
2 more from ECR
Gheorghe Piperea (Romania, abstained), Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza (Romania, abstained)
ESN voted against (21 of 23). For: 1, Abstained: 1
Petras Gražulis (Lithuania, for), Sarah Knafo (France, abstained)
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How it got here
A proposal to reject the whole text was defeated first. Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 2 parts of the text voted on separately (2 lapsed).