Decision

Electric aviation – a solution for short- and mid-range flights

Effect: Adopted
Result: 414 for · 118 against · 93 abstained roll call
Date: 16 January 2024, 12:18
Kind: Resolution

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Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0438
Dossier: 2023-2060
Source: Committee report by Erik Bergkvist
Votes: 3 votes · 2 roll calls
Requested by: Greens (1 roll call) · MEPs (1 split vote)
Sitting: Tuesday 16 January 2024
Final vote: 162984

Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0438
Dossier: 2023-2060
Source: Committee report by Erik Bergkvist
Votes: 3 votes · 2 roll calls
Requested by: Greens (1 roll call) · MEPs (1 split vote)
Sitting: Tuesday 16 January 2024
Final vote: 162984

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Members on the final vote

Result

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Adopted by a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 2 parts of the text voted on separately (2 adopted).

Backed by S&D, Renew, EPP and Patriots; opposed by The Left and Greens; ECR mostly abstained; ESN split.

Groups

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Members’ votes by their current group. Majority: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group’s votes, otherwise Divided.
Group	For	Against	Abst.	Majority line	Clear line
The Left	For 2	Against 9	Abst. 2	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
Greens	For 0	Against 25	Abst. 1	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
S&D	For 54	Against 4	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 40	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 90	Against 1	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 2	Against 5	Abst. 16	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Abstained
Patriots	For 15	Against 0	Abst. 13	Majority line For	Clear line Divided
ESN	For 0	Against 2	Abst. 2	Majority line Tie	Clear line Divided
No group	For 3	Against 3	Abst. 0	Majority line Tie	Clear line Divided

Voted against their group, 0

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast) of their group — groups as of today: the view with groups at the date of the vote is not available right now.

Nobody voted against a clear line of their group.

Countries

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Members

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All votes on this decision, 3

In voting order. **Result**: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). **Requested by**: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
1	Separate vote on paragraph 11	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: MEPs
2	Paragraph 11 — part 2 L’aviation électrique - une solution pour les vols court et moyen-courriers - Electric aviation – a solution for short- and mid-range flights - Elektrische Luftfahrt – eine Lösung für Kurz- und Mittelstreckenflüge - A9-0438/2023 - Erik Bergkvist - § 11/2 Part voted on: “notes that with the commercialisation of electric aviation, Member States should consider revisiting their legislation banning short and medium-haul flights;”	Roll call	408 for, 203 against, 14 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: Greens; split: MEPs
3	Final vote — text as a whole A9-0438/2023 - Erik Bergkvist - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)	Roll call	414 for, 118 against, 93 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by Greens · split votes by MEPs.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2023-0438

The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament's resolution on electric aviation for short and mid-range flights sets out the benefits of aircraft electrification, the technological challenges and the action it wants at EU level.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/2060(INI) · Own-initiative report

Parliament adopted the text on 16 January 2024. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 11 May 2023 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 7 December 2023 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 15 December 2023 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 16 January 2024 (done)
Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: TRAN · Author: MEP #197396 (S&D)

Connections

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-16/14
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 16 January 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 16 January 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-01-16
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 26 September 2026

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European Parliament (2024). “Electric aviation – a solution for short- and mid-range flights”. Decision, 16 January 2024. votingId 162984, document A-9-2023-0438, reference 2023-2060. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-16/14 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 16 January 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-16-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 16 January 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-16-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-01-16, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-01-16/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2024-01-16-14,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Electric aviation – a solution for short- and mid-range flights}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-01-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-16/14}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-16/14},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 162984, document A-9-2023-0438, reference 2023-2060. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-16-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-16-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-01-16 (CC BY 4.0)}
}