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Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly
Adopted by a clear majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 369
- Against
- 160
- Abstained
- 112
roll-call vote at 13:44 · 58% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Andrey Kovatchev · Report A-10-2026-0103
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted a recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the EU's foreign policy chief on the EU's priorities for the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.§1: source passage in the text The text calls for upholding the rules-based international order with the UN at its core, defending international law, and supporting UN reform to make it more effective, efficient, transparent and financially sustainable.§1: source passage in the text§2: source passage in the text It also stresses the EU's commitment to human rights, sustainable development and multilateral cooperation, and advocates using multilateral cooperation to address global challenges such as peace and security, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, sustainable development and human rights.§1: source passage in the text§2: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: The Left, Patriots, ESN; Abstained: Greens, ECR
- The Left Against 9 for, 31 against, 3 abstainedof 45
- Greens Abstained 12 for, 0 against, 35 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 119 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 136
- Renew For 71 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 77
- EPP For 150 for, 0 against, 7 abstainedof 186
- ECR Abstained 5 for, 15 against, 53 abstainedof 81
- Patriots Against 0 for, 69 against, 9 abstainedof 86
- ESN Against 0 for, 24 against, 2 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 3 for, 21 against, 2 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
63 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (31 of 43). For: 9, Abstained: 3
Anja Hazekamp (Netherlands, for), Estrella Galán (Spain, abstained), Hanna Gedin (Sweden, for), Jonas Sjöstedt (Sweden, for), Jussi Saramo (Finland, for)
7 more from The Left
Kathleen Funchion (Ireland, abstained), Li Andersson (Finland, for), Lynn Boylan (Ireland, abstained), Merja Kyllönen (Finland, for), Nikos Pappas (Greece, for), Per Clausen (Denmark, for), Sebastian Everding (Germany, for)
Greens abstained (35 of 47). For: 12
Alexandra Geese (Germany), Anna Cavazzini (Germany), Daniel Freund (Germany), Erik Marquardt (Germany), Hannah Neumann (Germany)
7 more from Greens
Jutta Paulus (Germany), Katrin Langensiepen (Germany), Martin Häusling (Germany), Michael Bloss (Germany), Rasmus Andresen (Germany), Sergey Lagodinsky (Germany), Virginijus Sinkevičius (Lithuania)
S&D voted for (119 of 120). Abstained: 1
Matjaž Nemec (Slovenia)
EPP voted for (150 of 157). Abstained: 7
Ana Miguel Pedro (Portugal), Céline Imart (France), David Casa (Malta), François-Xavier Bellamy (France), Isabelle Le Callennec (France)
2 more from EPP
Massimiliano Salini (Italy), Nadine Morano (France)
ECR abstained (53 of 73). For: 5, Against: 15
Alexandr Vondra (Czechia, against), Assita Kanko (Belgium, for), Beatrice Timgren (Sweden, against), Charlie Weimers (Sweden, against), Cristian Terheş (Romania, against)
15 more from ECR
Dick Erixon (Sweden, against), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, against), Galato Alexandraki (Greece, against), Georgiana Teodorescu (Romania, against), Guillaume Peltier (France, against), Jaak Madison (Estonia, against), Kris van Dijck (Belgium, for), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark, against), Marion Maréchal (France, against), Nicolas Bay (France, against), Ondřej Krutílek (Czechia, against), Reinis Pozņaks (Latvia, for), Rihards Kols (Latvia, for), Roberts Zīle (Latvia, for), Veronika Vrecionová (Czechia, against)
Patriots voted against (69 of 78). Abstained: 9
András László (Hungary), Antonín Staněk (Czechia), Jana Nagyová (Czechia), Jaroslav Bžoch (Czechia), Jaroslav Knot (Czechia)
4 more from Patriots
Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (Czechia), Klara Dostalova (Czechia), Ondřej Knotek (Czechia), Tomáš Kubín (Czechia)
ESN voted against (24 of 26). Abstained: 2
Petras Gražulis (Lithuania), Volker Schnurrbusch (Germany)
Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 37 amendments (9 adopted, 28 rejected) and 72 parts of the text voted on separately (49 adopted, 21 rejected, 2 lapsed).