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Increasing the attractiveness of public capital markets and facilitating access to capital for SMEs – amending certain regulations

Effect
Passed
Result
533 for · 31 against · 28 abstained roll call
Date
24 April 2024, 18:33
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (7)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Dossier
2022-0411
Source
Committee report by Alfred Sant
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Final vote
168297
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Result

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

Final vote: 533 for, 31 against, 28 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 The Left; Patriots mostly abstained; ESN 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 3Against 7Abst. 1Majority line AgainstClear line Divided
GreensFor 28Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
S&DFor 53Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 34Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 84Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 21Against 1Abst. 2Majority line ForClear line For
PatriotsFor 11Against 2Abst. 12Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided
ESNFor 0Against 2Abst. 2Majority line TieClear line Divided
No groupFor 3Against 1Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For

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 A9-0302/2023 - Alfred Sant - Accord provisoire - Am 2 Roll call533 for, 31 against, 28 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2023-0302

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Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal amending Regulations (EU) 2017/1129, (EU) No 596/2014 and (EU) No 600/2014 to make public capital markets more attractive for companies and ease access to capital for small and medium-sized enterprises.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2022/0411(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Regulations (EU) 2017/1129, (EU) No 596/2014 and (EU) No 600/2014 to make public capital markets in the Union more attractive for companies and to facilitate access to capital for small and medium-sized enterprises

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 14 November 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 1 February 2023 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 24 October 2023 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 26 October 2023 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 22 February 2024 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 24 April 2024 (done)
  6. Published as law · 14 November 2024 (done)

Lead committee: ECON · Rapporteur: MEP #124781 (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

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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Increasing the attractiveness of public capital markets and facilitating access to capital for SMEs – amending certain regulations”. Decision, 24 April 2024. votingId 168297, document A-9-2023-0302, reference 2022-0411. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/29 (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-2024-04-24-29,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Increasing the attractiveness of public capital markets and facilitating access to capital for SMEs – amending certain regulations}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-24},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/29}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/29},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 168297, document A-9-2023-0302, reference 2022-0411. 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)}
}