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European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law-Making covering 2023 and 2024
Adopted by a large majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 493
- Against
- 92
- Abstained
- 44
roll-call vote at 13:16 · 78% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Jörgen Warborn · Report A-10-2026-0020
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted a resolution on the EU's regulatory fitness and the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, based on the Commission's 2023 and 2024 annual reports on better law-making.§1: source passage in the text The resolution calls for improving EU law-making by ensuring legislation is proportionate, clear, and evidence-based, and by addressing the shortcomings of the 'one in, one out' approach.§1: source passage in the text It also highlights the role of national parliaments in safeguarding subsidiarity and the potential of artificial intelligence to enhance the legislative cycle.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR; Against: Patriots, ESN; Divided: The Left
- The Left Divided 0 for, 16 against, 22 abstainedof 46
- Greens For 46 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 119 for, 2 against, 1 abstainedof 135
- Renew For 69 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 164 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 190
- ECR For 71 for, 2 against, 0 abstainedof 79
- Patriots Against 7 for, 46 against, 12 abstainedof 86
- ESN Against 0 for, 23 against, 2 abstainedof 28
- No group not a group 17 for, 3 against, 7 abstainedof 31
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
26 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
S&D voted for (119 of 122). Against: 2, Abstained: 1
Estelle Ceulemans (Belgium, abstained), Gabriele Bischoff (Germany, against), Iratxe García Pérez (Spain, against)
ECR voted for (71 of 73). Against: 2
Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece), Galato Alexandraki (Greece)
Patriots voted against (46 of 65). For: 7, Abstained: 12
Anna Maria Cisint (Italy, abstained), Antonín Staněk (Czechia, for), Elisabeth Dieringer (Austria, abstained), Georg Mayer (Austria, abstained), Gerald Hauser (Austria, abstained)
14 more from Patriots
Harald Vilimsky (Austria, abstained), Isabella Tovaglieri (Italy, abstained), Jana Nagyová (Czechia, for), Jaroslav Bžoch (Czechia, for), Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (Czechia, for), Klara Dostalova (Czechia, for), Ondřej Knotek (Czechia, for), Paolo Borchia (Italy, abstained), Petra Steger (Austria, abstained), Raffaele Stancanelli (Italy, abstained), Roman Haider (Austria, abstained), Silvia Sardone (Italy, abstained), Susanna Ceccardi (Italy, abstained), Tomáš Kubín (Czechia, for)
ESN voted against (23 of 25). Abstained: 2
Milan Mazurek (Slovakia), Milan Uhrík (Slovakia)
Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.
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