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Decision

Adoption by the Union of the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty

Effect
Passed
Result
554 for · 53 against · 37 abstained roll call
Date
18 June 2025, 13:05
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Source
Committee report by Anna Cavazzini, Borys Budka
Topics
EnergyForeign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
6 votes · 1 roll call
Final vote
177061
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Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 554 for, 53 against, 37 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 4 parts of the text voted on separately (4 rejected).

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

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 40Against 0Abst. 0No vote 6 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 52Against 0Abst. 0No vote 1 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 123Against 0Abst. 0No vote 13 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 65Against 0Abst. 0No vote 10 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 165Against 0Abst. 0No vote 23 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 67Against 0Abst. 5No vote 7 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.90
PatriotsFor 17Against 33Abst. 27No vote 8 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.14
ESNFor 5Against 19Abst. 1No vote 2 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.64
No groupFor 20Against 1Abst. 4No vote 5 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, 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.

Voted against their group, 11

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
Austria116030.47
Belgium180310.79
Bulgaria133010.72
Cyprus5001—
Czechia151320.68
Germany72121110.77
Denmark120210.79
Estonia7000—
Spain460680.83
Finland130110.89
France4927140.45
Greece190110.93
Croatia120001.00
Hungary211080.65
Ireland130011.00
Italy670091.00
Lithuania110001.00
Luxembourg5001—
Latvia8010—
Malta5001—
Netherlands220540.72
Poland481040.97
Portugal190021.00
Romania260071.00
Sweden160320.76
Slovenia8001—
Slovakia122010.79

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 MaltaEPPSpeeches118 Jun 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Anna CAVAZZINI GermanyGreensSpeeches118 Jun 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For

All votes on this decision, 6

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 Text as a whole Show of hands Adopted
2Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 1 Show of hands Rejected
3Separate vote on Annex, Article 4, paragraph 1 Show of hands Rejected
Show the other 5 votesShow the other 3 votes
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 1 Show of hands Rejected
3Separate vote on Annex, Article 4, paragraph 1 Show of hands Rejected
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Separate vote on Annex, Article 6, after paragraph 2 Show of hands Rejected
5Separate vote on Annex, Article 6, after paragraph 2 Show of hands Rejected
6Final vote A10-0009/2025 – Anna Cavazzini, Borys Budka – Commission proposal Roll call554 for, 53 against, 37 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0009

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Parliament adopted its position on the law, taking over the Commission proposal on the adoption by the Union of the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty.

This means Parliament agrees with the proposed law, which concerns the Union's adoption of the agreement between the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their member states.

Parliament calls on the Commission to refer the matter back to Parliament if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal.

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Parliament adopts its first-reading position on the proposal for a decision approving the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty between the EU, Euratom and member states, taking over the Commission proposal.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/0148(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Adoption by the Union of the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty between the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States

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

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 13 November 2024 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 29 January 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 4 February 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 18 June 2025 (done)
  5. Negotiations with the Council (done)
  6. Published as law · 19 September 2025 (done)

Lead committee: ITRE · Rapporteurs: Anna CAVAZZINI (Greens), Borys BUDKA (EPP)

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.

Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Adoption by the Union of the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty”. Decision, 18 June 2025. votingId 177061, document A-10-2025-0009, reference 2024/0148(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-06-18/3 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 18 June 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-06-18-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 18 June 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-06-18-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-06-18, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-06-18/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2025-06-18-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Adoption by the Union of the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-06-18},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-06-18/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-06-18/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 177061, document A-10-2025-0009, reference 2024/0148(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-06-18-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-06-18-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-06-18 (CC BY 4.0)}
}