Decision
A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world
- Effect
- Adopted
- Result
- 317 for · 206 against · 123 abstained roll call
- Date
- 7 May 2025, 14:12–14:16
- Kind
- Resolution
More facts (9)
- Margin
- by a clear majority
- Dossier
- 2024/2051(INI)
- Source
- Committee report by Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares
- Topics
- EU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
- Votes
- 22 votes · 13 roll calls · 12 amendments
- Requested by
- Patriots (1 roll call) · Members (1 roll call, 2 split votes)
- Sitting
- Wednesday 7 May 2025
- Final vote
- 175231
Result
The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.
Final vote: 317 for, 206 against, 123 abstained (roll call).
Adopted by a clear majority.
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 12 amendments (12 rejected) and 9 parts of the text voted on separately (7 adopted, 2 rejected).
Backed by S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by The Left, Patriots and ESN; Greens and ECR mostly abstained.
Groups
| Group | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Majority line | Clear line | Cohesion | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | For 1 | Against 32 | Abst. 7 | No vote 6 of 46 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 0.70 | |
| Greens | For 6 | Against 7 | Abst. 34 | No vote 6 of 53 | Majority line Abstained | Clear line Abstained | Cohesion 0.59 | |
| S&D | For 112 | Against 0 | Abst. 7 | No vote 17 of 136 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.91 | |
| Renew | For 54 | Against 3 | Abst. 12 | No vote 6 of 75 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.67 | |
| EPP | For 139 | Against 13 | Abst. 16 | No vote 20 of 188 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.74 | |
| ECR | For 0 | Against 37 | Abst. 39 | No vote 4 of 80 | Majority line Abstained | Clear line Divided | Cohesion 0.27 | |
| Patriots | For 0 | Against 75 | Abst. 8 | No vote 2 of 85 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 0.86 | |
| ESN | For 0 | Against 21 | Abst. 0 | No vote 5 of 26 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| No group | For 5 | Against 18 | Abst. 0 | No vote 7 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, 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, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group, Volker SCHNURRBUSCH changed group.
Voted against their group, 80
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.
The Left line Against · 1 voted for, 7 abstained of 40 who voted
Voted for (1)
- Merja KYLLÖNEN Finland
Abstained (7)
- Elena KOUNTOURA Greece
- Jussi SARAMO Finland
- Konstantinos ARVANITIS Greece
- Li ANDERSSON Finland
- Nikolas FARANTOURIS Greece
- Nikos PAPPAS Greece
- Sebastian EVERDING Germany
Greens line Abstained · 13 voted for or against of 47 who voted
Voted for or against (13)
- Alice KUHNKE Sweden
- David CORMAND France
- Ignazio Roberto MARINO Italy
- Isabella LÖVIN Sweden
- Lena SCHILLING Austria
- Majdouline SBAI France
- Mārtiņš STAĶIS Latvia
- Mélissa CAMARA France
- Mounir SATOURI France
- Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ Romania
- Pär HOLMGREN Sweden
- Thomas WAITZ Austria
- Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS Lithuania
S&D line For · 7 abstained of 119 who voted
Abstained (7)
- Adnan DIBRANI Sweden
- Christel SCHALDEMOSE Denmark
- Evin INCIR Sweden
- Heléne FRITZON Sweden
- Johan DANIELSSON Sweden
- Marianne VIND Denmark
- Sofie ERIKSSON Sweden
Renew line For · 3 voted against, 12 abstained of 69 who voted
Voted against (3)
- Christine SINGER Germany
- Engin EROGLU Germany
- Joachim STREIT Germany
Abstained (12)
- Ana VASCONCELOS Portugal
- Andreas GLÜCK Germany
- Anouk VAN BRUG Netherlands
- Asger CHRISTENSEN Denmark
- Bart GROOTHUIS Netherlands
- Jan-Christoph OETJEN Germany
- Jeannette BALJEU Netherlands
- Malik AZMANI Netherlands
- Marie-Agnes STRACK-ZIMMERMANN Germany
- Moritz KÖRNER Germany
- Morten LØKKEGAARD Denmark
- Svenja HAHN Germany
EPP line For · 13 voted against, 16 abstained of 168 who voted
Voted against (13)
- Alexander BERNHUBER Austria
- Alice TEODORESCU MÅWE Sweden
- András Tivadar KULJA Hungary
- Dirk GOTINK Netherlands
- Dóra DÁVID Hungary
- Eszter LAKOS Hungary
- Gabriella GERZSENYI Hungary
- Henrik DAHL Denmark
- Kinga KOLLÁR Hungary
- Lukas MANDL Austria
- Niels Flemming HANSEN Denmark
- Péter MAGYAR Hungary
- Reinhold LOPATKA Austria
Abstained (16)
- Arba KOKALARI Sweden
- Céline IMART France
- Christophe GOMART France
- François-Xavier BELLAMY France
- Ingeborg TER LAAK Netherlands
- Isabelle LE CALLENNEC France
- Jeroen LENAERS Netherlands
- Jessica POLFJÄRD Sweden
- Jessika VAN LEEUWEN Netherlands
- Jörgen WARBORN Sweden
- Laurent CASTILLO France
- Nadine MORANO France
- Sander SMIT Netherlands
- Tom BERENDSEN Netherlands
- Tomas TOBÉ Sweden
- Zoltán TARR Hungary
Patriots line Against · 8 abstained of 83 who voted
Abstained (8)
- Jana NAGYOVÁ Czechia
- Jaroslav BŽOCH Czechia
- Jaroslava POKORNÁ JERMANOVÁ Czechia
- Klara DOSTALOVA Czechia
- Nikola BARTŮŠEK Czechia
- Ondřej KNOTEK Czechia
- Ondřej KOVAŘÍK Czechia
- Tomáš KUBÍN Czechia
Countries
The final vote by national delegation.
Votes by country (27 delegations)
| Country | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Cohesion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.29 |
| Belgium | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0.42 |
| Bulgaria | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.63 |
| Cyprus | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Czechia | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0.10 |
| Germany | 36 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 0.16 |
| Denmark | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0.31 |
| Estonia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Spain | 40 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0.61 |
| Finland | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.38 |
| France | 25 | 45 | 6 | 5 | 0.39 |
| Greece | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.21 |
| Croatia | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.70 |
| Hungary | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0.92 |
| Ireland | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.77 |
| Italy | 28 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 0.08 |
| Lithuania | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Latvia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Malta | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Netherlands | 6 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0.28 |
| Poland | 26 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0.31 |
| Portugal | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.65 |
| Romania | 21 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0.63 |
| Sweden | 4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0.14 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Slovakia | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.45 |
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
| Member | Group | Speeches | Spoke | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberta METSOLA Malta | EPP | Speeches1 | 7 May 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | No vote recorded |
| Siegfried MUREŞAN Romania | EPP | Speeches2 | 6 May 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
| Moritz KÖRNER Germany | Renew | Speeches2 | 6 May 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | Abstained |
| Rasmus ANDRESEN Germany | Greens | Speeches2 | 6 May 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | Abstained |
| Annamária VICSEK Hungary | Patriots | Speeches2 | 6 May 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | Against |
| Carla TAVARES Portugal | S&D | Speeches2 | 6 May 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
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All votes on this decision, 22
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paragraph 11 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: ‘Calls on the Council to adopt new own resources as a matter of urgency in order to enable sustainable repayment of NGEU borrowing; stresses that new genuine own resources, beyond the IIA, are essential for the Union’s higher spending needs; considers that all instruments and tools should be explored in order to provide the Union with the necessary resources,’ | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: Members |
| 2 | Paragraph 11 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “and considers, in this respect, that joint borrowing presents a viable option to ensure that the Union has sufficient resources to respond to acute Union-wide crises, such as the ongoing crisis in the area of security and defence;” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: Members |
| 3 | Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 11 A10-0076/2025 – Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares – After § 11 – Am 8 | Roll call | 210 for, 425 against, 8 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Members, Patriots |
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| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Paragraph 11 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “and considers, in this respect, that joint borrowing presents a viable option to ensure that the Union has sufficient resources to respond to acute Union-wide crises, such as the ongoing crisis in the area of security and defence;” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: Members |
| 3 | Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 11 A10-0076/2025 – Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares – After § 11 – Am 8 | Roll call | 210 for, 425 against, 8 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Members, Patriots |
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Separate vote on paragraph 15 | Show of hands | Rejected | |
| 5 | Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 28 A10-0076/2025 – Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares – After § 28 – Am 9 | Roll call | 237 for, 405 against, 8 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Members, Patriots |
| 6 | Separate vote on paragraph 29 | Counted | 381 for, 245 against, 17 abstained Adopted | |
| 7 | Vote on text inserted after paragraph 29 | Counted | 358 for, 268 against, 21 abstained Adopted | |
| 8 | Separate vote on paragraph 31 | Show of hands | Adopted | |
| 9 | Separate vote on paragraph 32 | Counted | 223 for, 409 against, 14 abstained Rejected | |
| 10 | Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 37 A10-0076/2025 – Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares – After § 37 – Am 7 | Roll call | 277 for, 319 against, 51 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Members |
| 11 | Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 51 A10-0076/2025 – Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares – After § 51 – Am 10 | Roll call | 207 for, 421 against, 7 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Members, Patriots |
| 12 | Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 54 A10-0076/2025 – Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares – After § 54 – Am 11 | Roll call | 185 for, 423 against, 16 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Members, Patriots |
| 13 | Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 64 A10-0076/2025 – Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares – After § 64 – Am 12 | Roll call | 226 for, 384 against, 17 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Members, Patriots |
| 14 | Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 70 A10-0076/2025 – Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares – After § 70 – Am 13 | Roll call | 206 for, 431 against, 2 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Members, Patriots |
| 15 | Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 72 A10-0076/2025 – Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares – After § 72 – Am 14 | Roll call | 209 for, 397 against, 13 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Members, Patriots |
| 16 | Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 72 A10-0076/2025 – Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares – After § 72 – Am 15 | Roll call | 210 for, 424 against, 5 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Members, Patriots |
| 17 | Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 76 A10-0076/2025 – Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares – After § 76 – Am 16 | Roll call | 187 for, 437 against, 7 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Members, Patriots |
| 18 | Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 76 A10-0076/2025 – Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares – After § 76 – Am 17 | Roll call | 179 for, 439 against, 17 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Members, Patriots |
| 19 | Paragraph 122 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Considers that all instruments and tools should be explored in order to provide the Union with those resources, in line with its priorities and identified needs;” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: Members |
| 20 | Paragraph 122 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “considers, in this respect, that joint borrowing through the issuance of EU bonds presents a viable option to ensure that the Union has sufficient resources to respond to acute Union-wide crises such as the ongoing crisis in the area of security and defence;” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: Members |
| 21 | Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 125 A10-0076/2025 – Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares – After § 125 – Am 18 | Roll call | 206 for, 437 against, 6 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Members, Patriots |
| 22 | Final vote — text as a whole A10-0076/2025 – Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Roll call | 317 for, 206 against, 123 abstained Adopted |
Roll calls requested by Patriots, Members · split votes by Members (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 setting out its vision for the European Union's long-term budget after 2027.
The resolution calls for a revamped budget that can respond to crises and support EU priorities.
It also asks for new own resources to finance the budget.
AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
Parliament's resolution on the post-2027 long-term budget insists the next MFF must have increased resources, moving away from the 1% of GNI limit, and must focus on European public goods.
Dossier
Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.
2024/2051(INI) · Own-initiative report
Parliament adopted the text on 7 May 2025. This is its final position on the matter.
Show the 5 steps of the dossier
- Referred to committee · 10 October 2024 (done)
- Committee work · Report adopted 23 April 2025 (done)
- Tabled for plenary · 25 April 2025 (done)
- Plenary vote · Adopted 7 May 2025 (done)
- Parliament’s position · Final (done)
Lead committee: BUDG · Authors: Siegfried MUREŞAN (EPP), Carla TAVARES (S&D)
Connections
What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.
Show 12 connections: Running issue: EU long-term budget · Other decisions of the part-session on BUDG dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way
Running issue: EU long-term budget
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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 (2025). “A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world”. Decision, 7 May 2025. votingId 175231, document A-10-2025-0076, reference 2024/2051(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-07/16 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 7 May 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-07-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 7 May 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-07-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-05-07, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-05-07/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2025-05-07-16,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-05-07},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-07/16}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-07/16},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Decision. votingId 175231, document A-10-2025-0076, reference 2024/2051(INI). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-07-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-07-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-05-07 (CC BY 4.0)}
}