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Topics, Economy & single market

Competitiveness & industry

Decisions about industrial policy, competitiveness, manufacturing, critical raw materials or strategic industries.

18 decisions this term since 13 Mar 2025 · 18 adopted, 0 rejected · 14

Latest decisions

Economy & single market, New EU law, 16 Sept 2026

Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V)

Report by Lucia Yar, Henrik Dahl ·

Passed 540 for · 105 against · 22 abstained by an overwhelming majority

AI summary:This is Parliament's first reading position, and it usually needs to agree with the Council before the law is final.

Foreign affairs, New EU law, 16 Sept 2026

Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V)

Report by Sven Mikser, Pierfrancesco Maran, Aura Salla ·

Passed 530 for · 125 against · 12 abstained by a large majority

AI summary: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.

Climate & environment, New EU law, 15 Sept 2026

Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund

Report by Pascal Canfin ·

Passed 433 for · 97 against · 146 abstained by a large majority

AI summary:Parliament set out its position on a proposed regulation that would create a Temporary Decarbonisation Fund to support operators in energy-intensive sectors facing a remaining carbon leakage risk, complementing the EU Emissions Trading System and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.

Economy & single market, New EU law, 9 Jul 2026

Amendments to the Critical Raw Materials Act

Committee report ·

Sent back to committee Decided by show of hands: no count recorded.

Economy & single market, New EU law, 19 May 2026

Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market

Report by Karin Karlsbro ·

Passed 606 for · 16 against · 39 abstained by an overwhelming majority

AI summary:The regulation aims to protect the EU steel sector, which is vital for competitiveness, economic security, and decarbonisation, while remaining WTO-compliant.

Defence & security, Resolution, 11 Mar 2026

Tackling barriers to the single market for defence

Report by Tobias Cremer

Adopted 393 for · 169 against · 67 abstained by a large majority

AI summary: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.

Digital, AI & data, Resolution, 22 Jan 2026

European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure

Report by Sarah Knafo

Adopted 471 for · 68 against · 71 abstained by a large majority

AI summary:The text calls for boosting private investment in European tech firms, using public procurement to favour European suppliers, and aligning cybersecurity certification with French SecNumCloud standards.

Digital, AI & data, New EU law, 17 Dec 2025

European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC)

Report by Borys Budka ·

Passed 604 for · 37 against · 18 abstained by an overwhelming majority

AI summary:The regulation aims to support setting up and operating AI Gigafactories in Europe, which are large-scale facilities for developing frontier AI models.

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Where the groups stand

How each group voted in the last 14 final . For / Against / Abstained: at least two thirds of the group voted that way. Divided: no position had two thirds of the group’s votes. On the winning side: how many of those votes ended the way most of the group voted. Groups as they are now.

Group positions over the last 14 final roll-call votes
GroupForAgainstAbstainedDividedOn the winning side
The Left210022
Greens1400014
S&D1400014
Renew1400014
EPP1400014
ECR1002211
Patriots43168
ESN211102