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Assessment of the implementation of Horizon Europe in view of its interim evaluation and recommendations for the 10th Research Framework Programme

Effect
Adopted
Result
472 for · 75 against · 92 abstained roll call
Date
11 March 2025, 13:02–13:03
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0021
Dossier
2024/2109(INI)
Source
Committee report by Christian Ehler
Topics
EU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
5 votes · 5 roll calls · 4 amendments
Requested by
Members (1 roll call)
Sitting
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Final vote
172136
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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: 472 for, 75 against, 92 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 4 amendments (4 rejected).

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; opposed by The Left 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 4Against 28Abst. 11No vote 3 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.48
GreensFor 46Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 122Against 0Abst. 0No vote 14 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 67Against 0Abst. 0No vote 8 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 163Against 0Abst. 0No vote 25 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 58Against 8Abst. 4No vote 10 of 80Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.74
PatriotsFor 7Against 13Abst. 61No vote 5 of 86Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.63
ESNFor 0Against 14Abst. 8No vote 4 of 26Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.45
No groupFor 5Against 12Abst. 8No vote 4 of 29Majority 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, 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, 32

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
Austria145010.61
Belgium162310.64
Bulgaria122030.79
Cyprus3111—
Czechia163200.64
Germany6520470.60
Denmark103020.65
Estonia5101—
Spain459060.75
Finland102210.57
France3503790.27
Greece132240.65
Croatia110011.00
Hungary211080.65
Ireland103010.65
Italy4998100.61
Lithuania7013—
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia6102—
Malta5001—
Netherlands221530.68
Poland362870.67
Portugal151320.68
Romania270061.00
Sweden165000.64
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia72600.20

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
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches111 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Christian EHLER GermanyEPPSpeeches111 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For

All votes on this decision, 5

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
1Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 4 A10-0021/2025 – Christian Ehler – After § 4 – Am 1 Roll call190 for, 469 against, 13 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
2Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 51 A10-0021/2025 – Christian Ehler – After § 51 – Am 2 Roll call191 for, 450 against, 26 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
3Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 57 A10-0021/2025 – Christian Ehler – After § 57 – Am 3 Roll call206 for, 456 against, 8 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
4Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 57 A10-0021/2025 – Christian Ehler – After § 57 – Am 4 Roll call210 for, 449 against, 6 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
5Final vote — text as a whole A10-0021/2025 – Christian Ehler – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call472 for, 75 against, 92 abstained Adopted
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 51 A10-0021/2025 – Christian Ehler – After § 51 – Am 2 Roll call191 for, 450 against, 26 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
3Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 57 A10-0021/2025 – Christian Ehler – After § 57 – Am 3 Roll call206 for, 456 against, 8 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
4Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 57 A10-0021/2025 – Christian Ehler – After § 57 – Am 4 Roll call210 for, 449 against, 6 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
5Final vote — text as a whole A10-0021/2025 – Christian Ehler – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call472 for, 75 against, 92 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by Members.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0021

AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament adopted a resolution assessing the implementation of Horizon Europe and setting out recommendations for the next EU research framework programme.

The text calls for a simpler, science-driven programme with a budget of at least EUR 220 billion, and for putting researchers and innovators in the driving seat.

The resolution is Parliament's official position, which it will feed into the interim evaluation and the design of the 10th Framework Programme.

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AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source

This resolution assesses Horizon Europe's implementation and makes recommendations for the 10th Framework Programme (FP10). It calls for a substantially higher budget, simplification, and a focus on excellence and competitiveness.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/2109(INI) · Own-initiative report

Parliament adopted the text on 11 March 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 28 November 2024 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 19 February 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 26 February 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 11 March 2025 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: ITRE · Author: Christian EHLER (EPP)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

Show 11 connections: Running issue: EU competitiveness · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: EU competitiveness

Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

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

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-03-11/4
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Assessment of the implementation of Horizon Europe in view of its interim evaluation and recommendations for the 10th Research Framework Programme”. Decision, 11 March 2025. votingId 172136, document A-10-2025-0021, reference 2024/2109(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-03-11/4 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 11 March 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-03-11-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 11 March 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-03-11-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-03-11, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-03-11/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-03-11-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Assessment of the implementation of Horizon Europe in view of its interim evaluation and recommendations for the 10th Research Framework Programme}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-03-11},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-03-11/4}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-03-11/4},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 172136, document A-10-2025-0021, reference 2024/2109(INI). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-03-11-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-03-11-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-03-11 (CC BY 4.0)}
}