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Decision

Amendments to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II)

Effect
Passed
Result
521 for · 19 against · 57 abstained roll call
Date
16 January 2024, 12:04
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (7)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Dossier
2021-0384
Source
Committee report
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Final vote
163072
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Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 521 for, 19 against, 57 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

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

Groups

Members counted in their current group: the view with groups at the date of the vote is not available right now.

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.
GroupForAgainstAbst.Majority lineClear lineBar
The LeftFor 4Against 0Abst. 9Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained
GreensFor 25Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
S&DFor 54Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 35Against 3Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 89Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 19Against 1Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
PatriotsFor 12Against 3Abst. 12Majority line TieClear line Divided
ESNFor 0Against 2Abst. 1Majority line AgainstClear line Against
No groupFor 2Against 2Abst. 2Majority line TieClear 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

The final vote by national delegation.

The breakdown by country is not available right now.

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call — groups as of today: the view with groups at the date of the vote is not available right now.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

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All votes on this decision, 1

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.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Final vote on the provisional agreement Modification de la directive concernant les marchés d’instruments financiers (MiFID II) - Amendments to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) - Änderung der Richtlinie über Märkte für Finanzinstrumente (MiFID II) - A9-0039/2023 - Danuta Maria Hübner - Accord provisoire - Am 2 Roll call521 for, 19 against, 57 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2023-0039

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Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal to amend Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments. It moves multilateral systems and the definition of multilateral system into Regulation (EU) No 600/2014, and limits the systematic internaliser regime to firms meeting qualitative criteria or opting in.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2021/0384(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 8 March 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 27 January 2022 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 1 March 2023 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 2 March 2023 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 24 October 2023 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 16 January 2024 (done)
  6. Published as law · 8 March 2024 (done)

Lead committee: ECON · Rapporteur: MEP #96779 (EPP)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

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Sources & citation

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Retrieved
26 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Amendments to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II)”. Decision, 16 January 2024. votingId 163072, document A-9-2023-0039, reference 2021-0384. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-16/4 (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-2024-01-16-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amendments to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II)}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-01-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-16/4}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-16/4},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 163072, document A-9-2023-0039, reference 2021-0384. 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)}
}