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Request by The Left Group – Motion for adjournment of the vote on the election of the President of the Commission

Effect
Rejected
Result
101 for · 531 against · 8 abstained roll call
Date
18 July 2024, 14:04
Kind
Agenda vote
More facts (4)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Thursday 18 July 2024
Final vote
169385
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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: 101 for, 531 against, 8 abstained (roll call).

Rejected by an overwhelming majority.

The agenda was left unchanged.

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

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Majority line: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. Cohesion: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 39Against 1Abst. 0No vote 6 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
GreensFor 1Against 50Abst. 1No vote 1 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
S&DFor 1Against 108Abst. 0No vote 27 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.99
RenewFor 1Against 63Abst. 1No vote 12 of 77Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.95
EPPFor 1Against 177Abst. 0No vote 10 of 188Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 5Against 65Abst. 4No vote 4 of 78Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.82
PatriotsFor 11Against 65Abst. 0No vote 8 of 84Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.78
ESNFor 19Against 2Abst. 0No vote 4 of 25Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.86
No groupFor 23Against 0Abst. 2No vote 7 of 32Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Anna BRYŁKA changed group, Branko GRIMS changed group, Diego SOLIER changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Fernand KARTHEISER changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Malika SOREL changed group, Milan MAZUREK changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Nora JUNCO GARCÍA changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group, Tomasz BUCZEK changed group.

Voted against their group, 29

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)
Members' votes by country. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Cohesion: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria118010.92
Belgium512140.50
Bulgaria114020.90
Cyprus2202—
Czechia412050.63
Germany2267070.63
Denmark114000.90
Estonia0700—
Spain9400110.72
Finland312000.70
France1063080.79
Greece810030.33
Croatia0903—
Hungary119010.93
Ireland37040.55
Italy8560120.81
Lithuania19010.85
Luxembourg1311—
Latvia0900—
Malta0501—
Netherlands127030.95
Poland442430.76
Portugal316020.76
Romania027240.90
Sweden516000.64
Slovenia0801—
Slovakia87000.30

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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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
1Request by The Left Group — Motion for adjournment of the vote Final vote Request by The Left Group – Motion for adjournment of the vote Roll call101 for, 531 against, 8 abstained Rejected

Text

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Connections

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Sources & citation

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Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-07-18/1
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Request by The Left Group – Motion for adjournment of the vote on the election of the President of the Commission”. Decision, 18 July 2024. votingId 169385. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-07-18/1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 18 July 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-07-18-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 18 July 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-07-18-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-07-18, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-07-18/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2024-07-18-1,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Request by The Left Group – Motion for adjournment of the vote on the election of the President of the Commission}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-07-18},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-07-18/1}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-07-18/1},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 169385. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-07-18-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-07-18-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-07-18 (CC BY 4.0)}
}