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Measures to reduce the cost of deploying gigabit electronic communications networks (Gigabit Infrastructure Act)

Effect
Passed
Result
594 for · 7 against · 15 abstained roll call
Date
23 April 2024, 13:30
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (7)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-9-2023-0275
Dossier
2023-0046
Source
Committee report by Alin Mituța
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Tuesday 23 April 2024
Final vote
168328
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Votes on this decision
Members on the final vote

Result

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

Final vote: 594 for, 7 against, 15 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

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

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 9Against 0Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
GreensFor 29Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
S&DFor 62Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 38Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 82Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 21Against 1Abst. 2Majority line ForClear line For
PatriotsFor 26Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
ESNFor 3Against 0Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
No groupFor 3Against 1Abst. 1Majority line ForClear 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 A9-0275/2023 – Alin Mituța – Provisional agreement – Am 2 Roll call594 for, 7 against, 15 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2023-0275

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

Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a Gigabit Infrastructure Act sets rules to cut the cost of deploying very high capacity networks.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0046(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Measures to reduce the cost of deploying gigabit electronic communications networks and repealing Directive 2014/61/EU (Gigabit Infrastructure Act)

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

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 29 March 2023 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 19 September 2023 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 25 September 2023 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 22 February 2024 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 23 April 2024 (done)
  6. Published as law · 8 May 2024 (done)

Lead committee: ITRE · Rapporteur: MEP #212855 (Renew)

Connections

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

No connections found for this decision.

Sources & citation

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Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-23/1
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Measures to reduce the cost of deploying gigabit electronic communications networks (Gigabit Infrastructure Act)”. Decision, 23 April 2024. votingId 168328, document A-9-2023-0275, reference 2023-0046. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-23/1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 23 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-23-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 23 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-23-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-23, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-04-23/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2024-04-23-1,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Measures to reduce the cost of deploying gigabit electronic communications networks (Gigabit Infrastructure Act)}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-23},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-23/1}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-23/1},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 168328, document A-9-2023-0275, reference 2023-0046. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-23-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-23-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-23 (CC BY 4.0)}
}