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Tackling barriers to the single market for defence
Adopted by a large majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 393
- Against
- 169
- Abstained
- 67
roll-call vote at 13:09 · 62% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Tobias Cremer · Report A-10-2026-0017
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted a resolution on tackling barriers to the single market for defence, which addresses fragmentation, regulatory hurdles, and underinvestment in the European defence industry.§1: source passage in the text The resolution calls for deeper reforms to improve cross-border cooperation, interoperability, and competitiveness, noting that defence equipment prices are roughly 30 % higher without full EU-wide cooperation.§2: source passage in the text It also highlights the need to support small and medium-sized enterprises and to address intellectual property and licensing issues in publicly funded defence research.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: The Left, Patriots, ESN; Divided: ECR
- The Left Against 4 for, 36 against, 2 abstainedof 46
- Greens For 46 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 116 for, 0 against, 4 abstainedof 135
- Renew For 66 for, 1 against, 2 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 156 for, 4 against, 2 abstainedof 188
- ECR Divided 2 for, 35 against, 39 abstainedof 81
- Patriots Against 0 for, 48 against, 14 abstainedof 86
- ESN Against 0 for, 25 against, 0 abstainedof 28
- No group not a group 3 for, 20 against, 3 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
34 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (36 of 42). For: 4, Abstained: 2
Anja Hazekamp (Netherlands, abstained), Ilaria Salis (Italy, abstained), Jussi Saramo (Finland, for), Li Andersson (Finland, for), Merja Kyllönen (Finland, for)
1 more from The Left
Sebastian Everding (Germany, for)
Greens voted for (46 of 47). Abstained: 1
Jaume Asens Llodrà (Spain)
S&D voted for (116 of 120). Abstained: 4
Alex Agius Saliba (Malta), Daniel Attard (Malta), Estelle Ceulemans (Belgium), Thomas Bajada (Malta)
Renew voted for (66 of 69). Against: 1, Abstained: 2
Ciaran Mullooly (Ireland, abstained), Michael Mcnamara (Ireland, abstained), Olivier Chastel (Belgium, against)
EPP voted for (156 of 162). Against: 4, Abstained: 2
Céline Imart (France, against), Christophe Gomart (France, against), François-Xavier Bellamy (France, against), Isabelle Le Callennec (France, abstained), Loránt Vincze (Romania, abstained)
1 more from EPP
Nadine Morano (France, against)
Patriots voted against (48 of 62). Abstained: 14
Antonín Staněk (Czechia), Auke Zijlstra (Netherlands), Jana Nagyová (Czechia), Jaroslav Bžoch (Czechia), Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (Czechia)
9 more from Patriots
Klara Dostalova (Czechia), Marieke Ehlers (Netherlands), Mieke Andriese (Netherlands), Ondřej Knotek (Czechia), Rachel Blom (Netherlands), Tiago Moreira De Sá (Portugal), Tomáš Kubín (Czechia), Ton Diepeveen (Netherlands), Vilis Krištopans (Latvia)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 2 amendments (2 rejected).