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Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration

Effect
Consent given
Result
591 for · 7 against · 53 abstained roll call
Date
18 December 2024, 12:21
Kind
International agreement · Consent procedure
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2024-0021
Dossier
2015/0012(NLE)
Source
Committee report by Anna Cavazzini
Topics
Economy & single marketForeign affairsTrade & customs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 18 December 2024
Final vote
171159
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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: 591 for, 7 against, 53 abstained (roll call).

Consent given by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament gave its consent.

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

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 41Against 0Abst. 1No vote 4 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
GreensFor 49Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 125Against 0Abst. 0No vote 11 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 74Against 0Abst. 0No vote 3 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 167Against 0Abst. 0No vote 21 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 70Against 0Abst. 1No vote 9 of 80Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
PatriotsFor 29Against 4Abst. 43No vote 10 of 86Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided Cohesion 0.35
ESNFor 19Against 0Abst. 3No vote 3 of 25Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.80
No groupFor 17Against 3Abst. 5No vote 3 of 28Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS 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, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 5

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
Austria140600.55
Belgium160240.83
Bulgaria140031.00
Cyprus5001—
Czechia190110.93
Germany870180.98
Denmark140100.90
Estonia6001—
Spain474090.88
Finland120031.00
France4902930.44
Greece142230.67
Croatia110011.00
Hungary130170.89
Ireland140001.00
Italy670091.00
Lithuania100011.00
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia7002—
Malta5001—
Netherlands300011.00
Poland461240.91
Portugal170310.78
Romania280230.90
Sweden200011.00
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia110310.68

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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Debate speakers and how they voted

Members who spoke in the plenary debate on the dossier. Speeches: how many times they took the floor. Final vote: their recorded position on this decision's final roll call.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Javi LÓPEZ SpainS&DSpeeches118 Dec 2024 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Younous OMARJEE FranceThe LeftSpeeches216 Dec 2024 (verbatim report, official site) For
Maria GRAPINI RomaniaS&DSpeeches116 Dec 2024 (verbatim report, official site) For
Lynn BOYLAN IrelandThe LeftSpeeches116 Dec 2024 (verbatim report, official site) For
Lukas SIEPER changed group GermanyRenewSpeeches116 Dec 2024 (verbatim report, official site) For
João OLIVEIRA PortugalThe LeftSpeeches116 Dec 2024 (verbatim report, official site) Abstained
Diana IOVANOVICI ŞOŞOACĂ RomaniaNo groupSpeeches116 Dec 2024 (verbatim report, official site) Abstained
Anna CAVAZZINI GermanyGreensSpeeches116 Dec 2024 (verbatim report, official site) For

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 draft Council decision A10-0021/2024 – Anna Cavazzini – Draft Council decision Roll call591 for, 7 against, 53 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2024-0021

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Parliament gave its consent to the EU concluding the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration.

The Convention increases public access to documents and hearings in investor-state disputes and lets civil society participate.

It applies transparency rules to investment treaties signed before 1 April 2014, covering about 1,200 agreements involving EU member states.

Ratification is a first step towards broader reform of investment dispute settlement, including a possible Multilateral Investment Court.

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Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration, which increases public access to documents and hearings in investor-state disputes.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2015/0012(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention on transparency in treaty-based investor-State arbitration

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 19 June 2025 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 16 September 2024 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 3 December 2024 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 4 December 2024 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 18 December 2024 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council · 19 June 2025 (done)

Lead committee: INTA · Rapporteur: Anna CAVAZZINI (Greens)

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

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-12-18/3
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration”. Decision, 18 December 2024. votingId 171159, document A-10-2024-0021, reference 2015/0012(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-12-18/3 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 18 December 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-12-18-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 18 December 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-12-18-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-12-18, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-12-18/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2024-12-18-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-12-18},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-12-18/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-12-18/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 171159, document A-10-2024-0021, reference 2015/0012(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-12-18-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-12-18-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-12-18 (CC BY 4.0)}
}