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The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies

Adopted by a large majority

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

For
492
Against
144
Abstained
28

roll-call vote at 12:57 · 74% of votes cast in favour

Committee report by René Repasi · Report A-10-2025-0269

AI:What this decision does

Parliament adopted a resolution asking the Commission to propose a new EU-wide legal framework, the "28th Regime", for innovative companies.§1: source passage in the text The framework would create a voluntary corporate form, the Societas Europaea Unificata, alongside national laws, to help SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups operate across the internal market.§3: source passage in the text Parliament recommends using a maximum harmonisation directive based on Articles 50 and 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, not Article 352.§1: source passage in the text It also stresses safeguards for employee participation and simpler digital registration, and asks the Commission to act on this request.§1: source passage in the text§3: source passage in the text

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How the groups voted

For: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR; Against: The Left, Patriots, ESN

  • The Left Against 0 for, 35 against, 4 abstainedof 46
  • Greens For 47 for, 0 against, 4 abstainedof 54
  • S&D For 127 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 137
  • Renew For 65 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 75
  • EPP For 181 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 193
  • ECR For 54 for, 14 against, 4 abstainedof 79
  • Patriots Against 9 for, 63 against, 7 abstainedof 87
  • ESN Against 0 for, 23 against, 0 abstainedof 27
  • No group not a group 9 for, 9 against, 8 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

43 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).

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How it got here

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 15 amendments (15 rejected) and 20 parts of the text voted on separately (1 adopted, 19 rejected).

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