Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Economy & single market
Amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 on securitisation and a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation
Negotiating mandate approved
Parliament let its committee open negotiations with the Council on the basis of the committee’s report.
On the decision to open negotiations with the Council:
- For
- 294
- Against
- 194
- Abstained
- 86
roll-call vote at 13:16 · 51% of votes cast were for the decision to open negotiations with the Council
Committee report by Ralf Seekatz · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · Report A-10-2026-0138
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted its position on a proposed EU law updating the securitisation framework, which lets banks bundle loans to free up capital for lending to households and businesses.§1: source passage in the text The position introduces definitions for public and private securitisations and adjusts due diligence rules, making checks proportionate to risk and easing requirements for repeat transactions.§1: source passage in the text It also allows investors to rely on equivalent information from third-country issuers instead of EU templates, and removes the need to verify compliance for EU-based sellers.§1: source passage in the text Parliament asks the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially changes its proposal, and forwards its position to the Council and national parliaments.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: The Left, Patriots, ESN; Abstained: ECR; Divided: Greens
- The Left Against 0 for, 35 against, 0 abstainedof 45
- Greens Divided 1 for, 27 against, 14 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 90 for, 15 against, 0 abstainedof 136
- Renew For 65 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 77
- EPP For 136 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 186
- ECR Abstained 0 for, 9 against, 58 abstainedof 81
- Patriots Against 1 for, 68 against, 8 abstainedof 86
- ESN Against 0 for, 22 against, 2 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 1 for, 18 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
37 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
S&D voted for (90 of 105). Against: 15
Andreas Schieder (Austria), Claire Fita (France), Emma Rafowicz (France), Eric Sargiacomo (France), Estelle Ceulemans (Belgium)
10 more from S&D
Evelyn Regner (Austria), François Kalfon (France), Günther Sidl (Austria), Hannes Heide (Austria), Jean-Marc Germain (France), Murielle Laurent (France), Nora Mebarek (France), Pierre Jouvet (France), Raphaël Glucksmann (France), Thomas Pellerin-Carlin (France)
Renew voted for (65 of 66). Abstained: 1
Bernard Guetta (France)
EPP voted for (136 of 137). Abstained: 1
Branko Grims (Slovenia)
ECR abstained (58 of 67). Against: 9
Anna Zalewska (Poland), Beatrice Timgren (Sweden), Charlie Weimers (Sweden), Cristian Terheş (Romania), Dick Erixon (Sweden)
4 more from ECR
Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece), Galato Alexandraki (Greece), Jaak Madison (Estonia), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark)
Patriots voted against (68 of 77). For: 1, Abstained: 8
Antonín Staněk (Czechia, abstained), Harald Vilimsky (Austria, for), Jana Nagyová (Czechia, abstained), Jaroslav Bžoch (Czechia, abstained), Jaroslav Knot (Czechia, abstained)
4 more from Patriots
Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (Czechia, abstained), Klara Dostalova (Czechia, abstained), Ondřej Knotek (Czechia, abstained), Tomáš Kubín (Czechia, abstained)
ESN voted against (22 of 24). Abstained: 2
Marcin Sypniewski (Poland), Stanisław Tyszka (Poland)
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