Decision

Combating violence against women and domestic violence

Effect: Passed
Result: 522 for · 27 against · 72 abstained roll call
Date: 24 April 2024, 13:55–13:56
Kind: New EU law · 1st reading

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0234
Dossier: 2022-0066
Source: Committee report by Evin Incir, Frances Fitzgerald
Votes: 5 votes · 4 roll calls
Requested by: MEPs (1 roll call)
Sitting: Wednesday 24 April 2024
Final vote: 168573

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0234
Dossier: 2022-0066
Source: Committee report by Evin Incir, Frances Fitzgerald
Votes: 5 votes · 4 roll calls
Requested by: MEPs (1 roll call)
Sitting: Wednesday 24 April 2024
Final vote: 168573

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Result

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Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 part of the text voted on separately (1 lapsed).

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

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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 10	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Greens	For 30	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
S&D	For 56	Against 2	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 38	Against 2	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 80	Against 3	Abst. 2	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 12	Against 2	Abst. 12	Majority line Tie	Clear line Divided
Patriots	For 14	Against 0	Abst. 11	Majority line For	Clear line Divided
ESN	For 0	Against 1	Abst. 3	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Abstained
No group	For 2	Against 0	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For

Voted against their group, 0

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Nobody voted against a clear line of their group.

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All votes on this decision, 5

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
1	Demande de mettre aux voix les amendements au projet d'acte législatif A9-0234/2023 - Evin Incir, Frances Fitzgerald - Demande de mettre aux voix les amendements au projet d'acte législatif	Roll call	90 for, 518 against, 15 abstained Rejected
2	Final vote on the provisional agreement A9-0234/2023 - Evin Incir, Frances Fitzgerald - Accord provisoire - Am 298	Roll call	522 for, 27 against, 72 abstained Adopted
3	Final vote Text as a whole	Show of hands	Lapsed
4	Vote on text inserted after Article 5	Roll call	0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
5	Final vote Commission proposal	Roll call	0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed

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Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result
2	Final vote on the provisional agreement A9-0234/2023 - Evin Incir, Frances Fitzgerald - Accord provisoire - Am 298	Roll call	522 for, 27 against, 72 abstained Adopted
3	Final vote Text as a whole	Show of hands	Lapsed
4	Vote on text inserted after Article 5	Roll call	0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
5	Final vote Commission proposal	Roll call	0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed

Roll call requested by MEPs.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2023-0234

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Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence sets out criminal offences, penalties, victim protection, support services, prevention and data collection rules.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2022/0066(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 24 May 2024 and now EU law.

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Referred to committee · 23 March 2022 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 28 June 2023 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 6 July 2023 (done)
Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 15 February 2024 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 24 April 2024 (done)
Published as law · 24 May 2024 (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteurs: Evin INCIR (S&D), MEP #197720 (EPP)

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/17
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 24 April 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 24 April 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-24
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2024). “Combating violence against women and domestic violence”. Decision, 24 April 2024. votingId 168573, document A-9-2023-0234, reference 2022-0066. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/17 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 24 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-24-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 24 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-24-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-24, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-04-24/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2024-04-24-17,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Combating violence against women and domestic violence}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-24},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/17}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/17},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 168573, document A-9-2023-0234, reference 2022-0066. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-24-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-24-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-24 (CC BY 4.0)}
}