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Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions

Effect
Adopted
Result
523 for · 75 against · 14 abstained roll call
Date
10 July 2025, 13:16–13:18
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0331
Dossier
2025/2800(RSP)
Source
Motion for a resolution
Topics
Economy & single marketTrade & customsForeign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
17 votes · 10 roll calls · 8 amendments
Requested by
The Left (1 roll call, 1 split vote) · Renew (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 roll call)
Sitting
Thursday 10 July 2025
Final vote
178231
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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: 523 for, 75 against, 14 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 8 amendments (8 rejected) and 2 parts of the text voted on separately (2 adopted). 6 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; opposed by The Left 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 2Against 31Abst. 3No vote 10 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.79
GreensFor 48Against 0Abst. 1No vote 4 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.97
S&DFor 109Against 0Abst. 0No vote 27 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 60Against 1Abst. 0No vote 14 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
EPPFor 167Against 1Abst. 0No vote 20 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 69Against 0Abst. 3No vote 7 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.94
PatriotsFor 61Against 5Abst. 0No vote 19 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.89
ESNFor 1Against 22Abst. 3No vote 1 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.77
No groupFor 6Against 15Abst. 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, 20

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
Austria135020.58
Belgium143050.74
Bulgaria103040.65
Cyprus3012—
Czechia153030.75
Germany6323280.57
Denmark100051.00
Estonia7000—
Spain4341120.84
Finland100230.75
France6470100.85
Greece114240.47
Croatia120001.00
Hungary71013—
Ireland103010.65
Italy609070.80
Lithuania100100.86
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia7002—
Malta5001—
Netherlands290021.00
Poland453050.91
Portugal182010.85
Romania1912110.80
Sweden180031.00
Slovenia8001—
Slovakia64320.19

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 MaltaEPPSpeeches110 Jul 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

All votes on this decision, 17

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 2, adding text after paragraph 1 RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – After § 1 – Am 2 Roll call123 for, 390 against, 110 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
2Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 2 RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – After § 2 – Am 3 Roll call63 for, 552 against, 15 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
3Amendment 4 to paragraph 8 RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – § 8 – Am 4 Roll call88 for, 520 against, 22 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 2 RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – After § 2 – Am 3 Roll call63 for, 552 against, 15 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
3Amendment 4 to paragraph 8 RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – § 8 – Am 4 Roll call88 for, 520 against, 22 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Amendment 5 to paragraph 10 RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – § 10 – Am 5 Roll call47 for, 560 against, 27 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
5Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 12 RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – After § 12 – Am 6 Roll call79 for, 531 against, 18 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
6Amendment 7 to paragraph 13 RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – § 13 – Am 7 Roll call80 for, 407 against, 151 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
7Separate vote on paragraph 13 Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: The Left
8Paragraph 13 — part 2 RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – § 13/2 Part voted on: “underlines the importance of free trade agreements and the Global Gateway initiative in enhancing access to CRMs;”Roll call483 for, 84 against, 67 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: The Left; split: The Left
9Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 13 RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – After § 13 – Am 8 Roll call95 for, 420 against, 119 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
10Amendment 1 to paragraph 14 RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – § 14 – Am 1 Roll call157 for, 428 against, 36 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
11Final vote — text as a whole RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call523 for, 75 against, 14 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Renew
12Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0324/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
13Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0326/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
14Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0329/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
15Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0330/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
16Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0331/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
17Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0332/2025 Show of hands Lapsed

Roll calls requested by The Left, Renew, Patriots · split votes by The Left.

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2025-0331

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Parliament adopted a resolution on tackling China's export restrictions on rare earth elements and permanent magnets, which it sees as coercive and a serious escalation of trade tensions.

The text urges the EU not to make concessions to China in exchange for relaxing the restrictions and to build leverage using pressure points where China depends on EU goods and technologies.

It also calls for reducing demand for virgin rare earths, boosting recycling, and funding research into substitutes to strengthen EU resilience.

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Parliament expresses concern about China's export restrictions on rare earth elements and permanent magnets, calling for no concessions and for building EU leverage.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2800(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject

Tackling China's critical raw materials export restrictions

Parliament adopted the text on 10 July 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

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  1. Tabled for plenary (done)
  2. Plenary vote · Adopted 10 July 2025 (done)
  3. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Connections

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

Show 17 connections: Running issue: EU economic security · Running issue: EU competitiveness · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: EU economic security

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/2025-07-10/7
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions”. Decision, 10 July 2025. votingId 178231, document B-10-2025-0331, reference 2025/2800(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-10/7 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 10 July 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-10-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 10 July 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-10-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-07-10, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-07-10/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-07-10-7,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-07-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-10/7}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-10/7},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 178231, document B-10-2025-0331, reference 2025/2800(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-10-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-10-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-07-10 (CC BY 4.0)}
}