Decision
The devastating floods in central and eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change
- Effect
- Adopted
- Result
- show of hands — no count
- Date
- 19 September 2024, 13:36–13:40
- Kind
- Resolution
More facts (8)
- Dossier
- 2024/2817(RSP)
- Source
- Motion for a resolution
- Topics
- Climate & environmentHealthEU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
- Votes
- 29 votes · 20 roll calls · 12 amendments
- Requested by
- The Left (1 roll call) · EPP (1 split vote) · ECR (1 roll call, 2 split votes) · Patriots (1 roll call)
- Sitting
- Thursday 19 September 2024
- Final vote
- 169525
Result
The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.
Show of hands — no count
Adopted.
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 12 amendments (2 adopted, 10 rejected) and 9 parts of the text voted on separately (9 adopted). 7 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.
Debate speakers and how they voted
No plenary speech is linked to this dossier.
All votes on this decision, 29
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paragraph 4 — part 1 RC-B10-0057/2024 – § 4/1 Part voted on: “Stresses that keeping the long-term goal of the Paris Agreement within reach requires collective effort and further action from all countries involved; urges all parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, including the EU, to follow up on the global efforts agreed in the global stocktake decision through the ambitious implementation and scaling-up of nationally determined contributions in line with the long-term goal of the Paris Agreement;” | Roll call | 429 for, 120 against, 55 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: ECR; split: ECR |
| 2 | Paragraph 4 — part 2 RC-B10-0057/2024 – § 4/2 Part voted on: “recalls that the EU, in accordance with the European Climate Law, must continue its efforts on climate mitigation to reach this long-term goal, and on adaptation to foster resilience;” | Roll call | 416 for, 170 against, 7 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: ECR; split: ECR |
| 3 | Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 4 RC-B10-0057/2024 – After § 4 – Am 12 | Roll call | 172 for, 425 against, 12 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: ECR |
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| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Paragraph 4 — part 2 RC-B10-0057/2024 – § 4/2 Part voted on: “recalls that the EU, in accordance with the European Climate Law, must continue its efforts on climate mitigation to reach this long-term goal, and on adaptation to foster resilience;” | Roll call | 416 for, 170 against, 7 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: ECR; split: ECR |
| 3 | Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 4 RC-B10-0057/2024 – After § 4 – Am 12 | Roll call | 172 for, 425 against, 12 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: ECR |
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 5 RC-B10-0057/2024 – After § 5 – Am 7 | Roll call | 156 for, 419 against, 34 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: ECR |
| 5 | Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 6 RC-B10-0057/2024 – After § 6 – Am 3 | Roll call | 145 for, 420 against, 45 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Patriots |
| 6 | Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 8 — part 1 RC-B10-0057/2024 – After § 8 – Am 11/1 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘in Romania’” | Roll call | 427 for, 151 against, 25 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: ECR; split: EPP |
| 7 | Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 8 — part 2 RC-B10-0057/2024 – After § 8 – Am 11/2 Part voted on: “those words” | Roll call | 85 for, 459 against, 63 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: ECR; split: EPP |
| 8 | Vote on text inserted after paragraph 10 | Show of hands | Adopted | |
| 9 | Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 10 RC-B10-0057/2024 – After § 10 – Am 8 | Roll call | 180 for, 409 against, 15 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: ECR |
| 10 | Separate vote on paragraph 12 RC-B10-0057/2024 – § 12 | Roll call | 468 for, 128 against, 12 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: Patriots |
| 11 | Separate vote on paragraph 20 RC-B10-0057/2024 – § 20 | Roll call | 432 for, 145 against, 26 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: Patriots |
| 12 | Paragraph 21 — part 1 RC-B10-0057/2024 – § 21/1 Part voted on: “Highlights, in this regard, the need for further urgent investment in flood management and risk prevention measures, including improved early warning systems, real-time monitoring systems, flood management infrastructure” | Roll call | 597 for, 5 against, 4 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: ECR; split: ECR |
| 13 | Paragraph 21 — part 2 RC-B10-0057/2024 – § 21/2 Part voted on: “and nature-based solutions, and long-term investments in green and blue infrastructure, such as giving streams and rivers more space by restoring natural flood plains and old riverbeds, wetlands and forests, and improving water retention by restoring the sponge function of landscapes; calls for any potential synergies to be leveraged between the planning instruments under development by the Member States, for example, natural restoration plans, soil district plans, integrated management plans under the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive and flood risk management, while avoiding maladaptation;” | Roll call | 445 for, 128 against, 32 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: ECR; split: ECR |
| 14 | Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 27 RC-B10-0057/2024 – After § 27 – Am 2 | Roll call | 222 for, 375 against, 8 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: The Left |
| 15 | Separate vote on recital B RC-B10-0057/2024 – Recital B | Roll call | 458 for, 77 against, 72 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: ECR |
| 16 | Separate vote on recital C RC-B10-0057/2024 – Recital C | Roll call | 456 for, 112 against, 38 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: ECR |
| 17 | Amendment 1, adding text after recital C RC-B10-0057/2024 – After recital C – Am 1 | Roll call | 213 for, 383 against, 12 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: The Left |
| 18 | Amendment 9, adding text after recital C RC-B10-0057/2024 – After recital C – Am 9 | Roll call | 185 for, 409 against, 10 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: ECR |
| 19 | Amendment 6 to recital J RC-B10-0057/2024 – Recital J – Am 6 | Roll call | 343 for, 230 against, 29 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: ECR |
| 20 | Amendment 5, adding text after recital J RC-B10-0057/2024 – After recital J – Am 5 | Roll call | 220 for, 365 against, 16 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: ECR |
| 21 | Amendment 10, adding text after recital J RC-B10-0057/2024 – After recital J – Am 10 | Roll call | 181 for, 416 against, 10 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: ECR |
| 22 | Final vote — text as a whole Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Show of hands | Adopted | |
| 23 | Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0057/2024 | Show of hands | Lapsed | |
| 24 | Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0058/2024 | Show of hands | Lapsed | |
| 25 | Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0059/2024 | Show of hands | Lapsed | |
| 26 | Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0060/2024 | Show of hands | Lapsed | |
| 27 | Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0061/2024 | Show of hands | Lapsed | |
| 28 | Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0062/2024 | Show of hands | Lapsed | |
| 29 | Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0063/2024 | Show of hands | Lapsed |
Roll calls requested by The Left, ECR, Patriots · split votes by EPP, ECR (2).
Text
The text voted on.
AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source
Parliament adopted a resolution on the devastating floods in central and eastern Europe and the EU's preparedness for such disasters exacerbated by climate change.
The text expresses sympathy with victims and commends emergency services, while calling for non-repayable aid for affected regions.
It urges the Commission to provide additional financial assistance and to establish a separate EU instrument for agricultural compensation.
Parliament also calls for stronger EU investments in disaster resilience and better coordination of civil protection mechanisms.
AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
This resolution expresses solidarity with flood victims in central and eastern Europe and calls for EU action on disaster preparedness, funding, and prevention.
Dossier
Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.
2024/2817(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject
The devastating floods in Central and Eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change
Parliament adopted the text on 19 September 2024. This is its final position on the matter.
Show the 3 steps of the dossier
- Tabled for plenary (done)
- Plenary vote · Adopted 19 September 2024 (done)
- Parliament’s position · Final (done)
Connections
What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.
Show 6 connections: Running issue: Natural disasters in EU
Running issue: Natural disasters in EU
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- Decision Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Austria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Moldova relating to floods that occurred in September 2024 and Bosnia and Herzegovina relating to floods that occurred in October 2024 Budget decision · report by Andrzej Halicki 9 Jul 2025 Passed
- Decision Amending Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 as regards additional assistance and further flexibility to outermost regions affected by severe natural disasters and in the context of cyclone Chido devastating Mayotte New EU law 17 Jun 2025 Passed
- Decision Amending Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 as regards additional assistance and further flexibility to outermost regions affected by severe natural disasters and in the context of cyclone Chido devastating Mayotte New EU law 22 May 2025 Urgent procedure agreed
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2024). “The devastating floods in central and eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change”. Decision, 19 September 2024. votingId 169525, document B-10-2024-0060, reference 2024/2817(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-09-19/7 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 19 September 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-09-19-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-09-19, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-09-19/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2024-09-19-7,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{The devastating floods in central and eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change}},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-09-19},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-09-19/7}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-09-19/7},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Decision. votingId 169525, document B-10-2024-0060, reference 2024/2817(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-09-19-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-09-19 (CC BY 4.0)}
}