Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Foreign affairs
Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V)
Passed by a large majority
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
- For
- 530
- Against
- 125
- Abstained
- 12
roll-call vote at 14:12 · 79% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Sven Mikser, Pierfrancesco Maran, Aura Salla · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · Report A-10-2025-0273
AI:What this decision does
Parliament set out its position on a proposed regulation that amends several existing EU laws on chemicals so as to remove regulatory and administrative burdens for defence readiness and speed up approval and authorisation procedures for the defence industry.§1: source passage in the text Parliament adopted its position at first reading, which means MEPs have agreed where Parliament stands on the proposal; it usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.§1: source passage in the text Parliament calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal, and instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR; Against: The Left, ESN; Divided: Patriots
- The Left Against 1 for, 39 against, 1 abstainedof 44
- Greens For 34 for, 13 against, 1 abstainedof 53
- S&D For 121 for, 2 against, 2 abstainedof 135
- Renew For 71 for, 1 against, 1 abstainedof 78
- EPP For 173 for, 2 against, 0 abstainedof 184
- ECR For 73 for, 2 against, 1 abstainedof 84
- Patriots Divided 50 for, 23 against, 4 abstainedof 85
- ESN Against 1 for, 24 against, 0 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 6 for, 19 against, 2 abstainedof 28
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
28 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (39 of 41). For: 1, Abstained: 1
Merja Kyllönen (Finland, for), Nikos Pappas (Greece, abstained)
Greens voted for (34 of 48). Against: 13, Abstained: 1
Ana Miranda Paz (Spain, against), Benedetta Scuderi (Italy, against), Cristina Guarda (Italy, against), David Cormand (France, against), Diana Riba I Giner (Spain, against)
9 more from Greens
Ignazio Roberto Marino (Italy, against), Jaume Asens Llodrà (Spain, against), Leoluca Orlando (Italy, against), Majdouline Sbai (France, against), Mélissa Camara (France, against), Mounir Satouri (France, against), Sara Matthieu (Belgium, abstained), Tilly Metz (Luxembourg, against), Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Spain, against)
S&D voted for (121 of 125). Against: 2, Abstained: 2
Cecilia Strada (Italy, against), Daniel Attard (Malta, abstained), Marco Tarquinio (Italy, against), Thomas Bajada (Malta, abstained)
Renew voted for (71 of 73). Against: 1, Abstained: 1
Ana Vasconcelos (Portugal, against), Michael Mcnamara (Ireland, abstained)
EPP voted for (173 of 175). Against: 2
Eva Maydell (Bulgaria), Niclas Herbst (Germany)
ECR voted for (73 of 76). Against: 2, Abstained: 1
Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, against), Galato Alexandraki (Greece, against), Gheorghe Piperea (Romania, abstained)
ESN voted against (24 of 25). For: 1
Sarah Knafo (France)
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How it got here
A proposal to reject the whole text was defeated first.