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Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’)

Effect
Passed
Result
517 for · 59 against · 51 abstained roll call
Date
27 February 2024, 12:16
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (7)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Dossier
2023-0199
Source
Committee report by José Manuel Fernandes, Christian Ehler
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Final vote
164489
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Result

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

Final vote: 517 for, 59 against, 51 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; ESN mostly abstained; The Left 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 1Against 6Abst. 6Majority line TieClear line Divided
GreensFor 21Against 7Abst. 2Majority line ForClear line For
S&DFor 58Against 0Abst. 3Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 36Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 87Against 0Abst. 3Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 24Against 0Abst. 4Majority line ForClear line For
PatriotsFor 23Against 0Abst. 5Majority line ForClear line For
ESNFor 0Against 1Abst. 2Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained
No groupFor 2Against 3Abst. 0Majority line AgainstClear 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 A9-0290/2023 – José Manuel Fernandes, Christian Ehler – Provisional agreement – Am 145 Roll call517 for, 59 against, 51 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0199(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) and amending Directive 2003/87/EC, Regulations (EU) 2021/1058, (EU) 2021/1056, (EU) 2021/1057, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) 2021/1060, (EU) 2021/523, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697 and (EU) 2021/241

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 29 February 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 13 July 2023 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 9 October 2023 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 11 October 2023 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 22 February 2024 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 27 February 2024 (done)
  6. Published as law · 29 February 2024 (done)

Lead committee: BUDG · Rapporteurs: MEP #96899 (EPP), Christian EHLER (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
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’)”. Decision, 27 February 2024. votingId 164489, document A-9-2023-0290, reference 2023-0199. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-27/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 27 February 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-27-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 27 February 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-27-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-02-27, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-02-27/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2024-02-27-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’)}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-02-27},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-27/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-27/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 164489, document A-9-2023-0290, reference 2023-0199. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-27-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-27-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-02-27 (CC BY 4.0)}
}