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Decision

Union’s electricity market design: Directive

Effect
Passed
Result
473 for · 80 against · 27 abstained roll call
Date
11 April 2024, 13:29–13:30
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Dossier
2023-0077B
Source
Committee report by Nicolás González Casares
Votes
10 votes · 7 roll calls · 1 amendment
Requested by
The Left (1 roll call)
Final vote
167334
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Result

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

Final vote: 473 for, 80 against, 27 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 rejected) and 5 parts of the text voted on separately (5 lapsed).

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

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 0Against 10Abst. 1Majority line AgainstClear line Against
GreensFor 25Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
S&DFor 52Against 4Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 36Against 1Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 72Against 3Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 20Against 2Abst. 2Majority line ForClear line For
PatriotsFor 8Against 5Abst. 13Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided
ESNFor 0Against 4Abst. 0Majority line AgainstClear line Against
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

The debate speakers are not available right now.

All votes on this decision, 10

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
1Amendment 3 A9-0151/2024 – Nicolás González Casares – Rejection – Am 3 Roll call59 for, 487 against, 32 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
2Request for the amendments to the draft legislative act to be put to the vote Show of hands Rejected
3Final vote on the provisional agreement A9-0151/2024 – Nicolás González Casares – Provisional agreement – Am 2 Roll call473 for, 80 against, 27 abstained Adopted
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Request for the amendments to the draft legislative act to be put to the vote Show of hands Rejected
3Final vote on the provisional agreement A9-0151/2024 – Nicolás González Casares – Provisional agreement – Am 2 Roll call473 for, 80 against, 27 abstained Adopted
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Final vote Text as a whole Show of hands Lapsed
5Separate vote on Article 2, paragraph 1, point 5 Show of hands Lapsed
6Separate vote on Article 2, paragraph 1, point 5 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
7Separate vote on Article 2, paragraph 1, after point 7 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
8Separate vote on Article 2, paragraph 1, after point 10 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
9Separate vote on Article 2, paragraph 1, after point 10 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
10Final vote Commission proposal Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed

Roll call requested by The Left.

Text

The text voted on.

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0077(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Regulations (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2019/942 as well as Directives (EU) 2018/2001 and (EU) 2019/944 to improve the Union’s electricity market design

Parliament adopted its position on 14 September 2023. Negotiations with the Council on a common text are under way.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 29 March 2023 (done)
  2. Committee work · ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) preparing the report (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Voted 14 September 2023 (done)
  5. Negotiations with the Council · Talks opened 14 September 2023 (current stage)
  6. Published as law (to come)

Lead committee: ITRE · Rapporteur: Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES (S&D)

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

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Retrieved
26 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Union’s electricity market design: Directive”. Decision, 11 April 2024. votingId 167334, document A-9-2024-0151, reference 2023-0077B. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-11/5 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 11 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-11-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 11 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-11-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-11, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-04-11/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2024-04-11-5,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Union’s electricity market design: Directive}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-11},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-11/5}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-11/5},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 167334, document A-9-2024-0151, reference 2023-0077B. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-11-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-11-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-11 (CC BY 4.0)}
}