Decision
Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France further to natural disasters that occurred in 2023
- Effect
- Passed
- Result
- 632 for · 7 against · 3 abstained roll call
- Date
- 8 October 2024, 13:33
- Kind
- Budget decision
More facts (8)
- Margin
- by an overwhelming majority
- Dossier
- 2024/0212(BUD)
- Source
- Committee report by Georgios Aftias
- Topics
- EU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
- Votes
- 1 vote · 1 roll call
- Sitting
- Tuesday 8 October 2024
- Final vote
- 169701
Result
The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.
Final vote: 632 for, 7 against, 3 abstained (roll call).
Passed by an overwhelming majority.
The budget decision was approved.
Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN.
Groups
| Group | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Majority line | Clear line | Cohesion | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | For 41 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 5 of 46 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| Greens | For 50 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 3 of 53 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| S&D | For 119 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 17 of 136 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| Renew | For 75 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 2 of 77 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| EPP | For 165 | Against 1 | Abst. 0 | No vote 21 of 187 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.99 | |
| ECR | For 62 | Against 4 | Abst. 0 | No vote 12 of 78 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.91 | |
| Patriots | For 75 | Against 1 | Abst. 2 | No vote 8 of 86 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.94 | |
| ESN | For 19 | Against 1 | Abst. 1 | No vote 4 of 25 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.86 | |
| No group | For 26 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 4 of 30 | Majority line — | Clear line No line | Cohesion — |
Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: 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.
Voted against their group, 10
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.
EPP line For · 1 voted against of 166 who voted
Voted against (1)
ECR line For · 4 voted against of 66 who voted
Voted against (4)
- Beatrice TIMGREN Sweden
- Charlie WEIMERS Sweden
- Dick ERIXON Sweden
- Kristoffer STORM Denmark
Patriots line For · 1 voted against, 2 abstained of 78 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Anders VISTISEN Denmark
Abstained (2)
- Barbara BONTE Belgium
- Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE Belgium
ESN line For · 1 voted against, 1 abstained of 21 who voted
Countries
The final vote by national delegation.
Votes by country (27 delegations)
| Country | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Cohesion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Belgium | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.85 |
| Bulgaria | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.80 |
| Cyprus | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Czechia | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Germany | 83 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Denmark | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.79 |
| Estonia | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Spain | 54 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.97 |
| Finland | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| France | 75 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Greece | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Croatia | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Hungary | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Ireland | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Italy | 66 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Lithuania | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — |
| Latvia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Malta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — |
| Netherlands | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Poland | 49 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Portugal | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Romania | 28 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sweden | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.78 |
| Slovenia | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Slovakia | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 |
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.
Debate speakers and how they voted
No plenary speech is linked to this dossier.
All votes on this decision, 1
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Final vote A10-0002/2024 – Georgios Aftias – Proposal for a decision | Roll call | 632 for, 7 against, 3 abstained Adopted |
Text
The text voted on.
AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source
The European Parliament approved the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to assist Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France after six natural disasters in 2023.
The decision releases financial aid for recovery from floods and a cyclone, as proposed by the Commission.
Parliament also calls for faster procedures and increased funding for climate adaptation and prevention.
AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
Parliament approves the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to assist Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France after six natural disasters in 2023, and calls for faster aid delivery and increased funding for climate adaptation.
Dossier
Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.
2024/0212(BUD) · Budgetary procedure
Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France relating to six natural disasters occurred in 2023
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 29 October 2024 and now EU law.
Show the 5 steps of the dossier
- Referred to committee · 16 September 2024 (done)
- Committee work · Report adopted 23 September 2024 (done)
- Tabled for plenary · 26 September 2024 (done)
- Plenary vote · Adopted 8 October 2024 (done)
- Published as law · 29 October 2024 (done)
Lead committee: BUDG · Rapporteur: Georgios AFTIAS (EPP)
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
- Issue Natural disasters in EU Running issue · Crisis 7 Jul 2026
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- Decision Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Spain and France in relation to natural disasters in 2024 and 2025 Budget decision · report by Sandra Gómez López 13 Nov 2025 Passed
- 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.
- Official sources
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2024). “Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France further to natural disasters that occurred in 2023”. Decision, 8 October 2024. votingId 169701, document A-10-2024-0002, reference 2024/0212(BUD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-10-08/1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 8 October 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-10-08-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 8 October 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-10-08-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-10-08, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-10-08/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2024-10-08-1,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France further to natural disasters that occurred in 2023}},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-10-08},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-10-08/1}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-10-08/1},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Decision. votingId 169701, document A-10-2024-0002, reference 2024/0212(BUD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-10-08-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-10-08-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-10-08 (CC BY 4.0)}
}