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Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States
Adopted by a large majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 417
- Against
- 234
- Abstained
- 9
roll-call vote at 13:16 · 63% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Borja Giménez Larraz · Report A-10-2025-0252
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted a report on the reform of the European Electoral Act, focusing on hurdles to ratification and implementation in member states.§1: source passage in the text The report concludes that many existing provisions are implemented, but optional measures are often not, and some mandatory ones are applied unevenly.§1: source passage in the text It calls for further Europeanisation of electoral rules, including accessibility, common deadlines, preventing double voting, and enhancing European political parties' role.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: ECR, Patriots, ESN; Divided: The Left
- The Left Divided 22 for, 11 against, 5 abstainedof 46
- Greens For 47 for, 4 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 103 for, 14 against, 4 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 66 for, 3 against, 0 abstainedof 75
- EPP For 173 for, 7 against, 0 abstainedof 193
- ECR Against 2 for, 70 against, 0 abstainedof 79
- Patriots Against 0 for, 79 against, 0 abstainedof 87
- ESN Against 0 for, 24 against, 0 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 4 for, 22 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
34 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
Greens voted for (47 of 51). Against: 4
Ana Miranda Paz (Spain), Diana Riba I Giner (Spain), Jaume Asens Llodrà (Spain), Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Spain)
S&D voted for (103 of 121). Against: 14, Abstained: 4
Alicia Homs Ginel (Spain, against), César Luena (Spain, against), Csaba Molnár (Hungary, abstained), Elena Sancho Murillo (Spain, against), Elio Di Rupo (Belgium, abstained)
13 more from S&D
Estelle Ceulemans (Belgium, abstained), Hana Jalloul Muro (Spain, against), Idoia Mendia (Spain, against), Javier Moreno Sánchez (Spain, against), José Cepeda (Spain, against), Juan Fernando López Aguilar (Spain, against), Klára Dobrev (Hungary, abstained), Leire Pajín (Spain, against), Lina Gálvez (Spain, against), Marcos Ros Sempere (Spain, against), Nacho Sánchez Amor (Spain, against), Nicolás González Casares (Spain, against), Rosa Serrano Sierra (Spain, against)
Renew voted for (66 of 69). Against: 3
Christine Singer (Germany), Engin Eroglu (Germany), Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez (Spain)
EPP voted for (173 of 180). Against: 7
Branko Grims (Slovenia), Jessika van Leeuwen (Netherlands), Manuela Ripa (Germany), Milan Zver (Slovenia), Romana Tomc (Slovenia)
2 more from EPP
Sander Smit (Netherlands), Zala Černilec Tomašič (Slovenia)
ECR voted against (70 of 72). For: 2
Diego Solier (Spain), Nora Junco García (Spain)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 4 amendments (4 rejected) and 16 parts of the text voted on separately (15 adopted, 1 rejected).