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Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group

Effect
Rejected
Result
196 for · 221 against · 10 abstained roll call
Date
20 January 2025, 17:17
Kind
Agenda vote
More facts (4)
Margin
by a small majority
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Monday 20 January 2025
Final vote
171427
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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: 196 for, 221 against, 10 abstained (roll call).

Rejected by a small majority.

The agenda was left unchanged.

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

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 35Against 0Abst. 0No vote 11 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 43Against 0Abst. 1No vote 9 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.97
S&DFor 6Against 66Abst. 3No vote 61 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.82
RenewFor 2Against 45Abst. 2No vote 26 of 75Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.88
EPPFor 4Against 105Abst. 1No vote 78 of 188Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.93
ECRFor 33Against 2Abst. 1No vote 44 of 80Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.88
PatriotsFor 50Against 1Abst. 1No vote 34 of 86Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.94
ESNFor 6Against 1Abst. 0No vote 18 of 25Majority line ForClear line Too few voted Cohesion —
No groupFor 17Against 1Abst. 1No vote 11 of 30Majority 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, 24

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
Austria36011—
Belgium88150.21
Bulgaria2609—
Cyprus1104—
Czechia631110.40
Germany25326330.26
Denmark2607—
Estonia0106—
Spain5210340.71
Finland4407—
France41170230.56
Greece66090.25
Croatia2604—
Hungary95070.46
Ireland13010—
Italy21160390.35
Lithuania1307—
Luxembourg2301—
Latvia2205—
Malta0303—
Netherlands1510060.40
Poland19171160.27
Portugal380100.59
Romania3121170.63
Sweden710040.38
Slovenia2601—
Slovakia66030.25

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
1Ordre du jour de mercredi — Demande du groupe The Left Final vote Ordre du jour de mercredi - Demande du groupe The Left Roll call196 for, 221 against, 10 abstained Rejected

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Connections

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Sources & citation

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Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-01-20/2
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group”. Decision, 20 January 2025. votingId 171427. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-01-20/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 20 January 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-01-20-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 20 January 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-01-20-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-01-20, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-01-20/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-01-20-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-01-20},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-01-20/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-01-20/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 171427. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-01-20-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-01-20-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-01-20 (CC BY 4.0)}
}