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Amending ERDF, Cohesion Fund and Just Transition Fund as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term review

Effect
Passed
Result
440 for · 168 against · 52 abstained roll call
Date
10 September 2025, 14:18–14:19
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0129
Dossier
2025/0084(COD)
Source
Committee report by Dragoş Benea
Topics
EU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
16 votes · 12 roll calls · 1 amendment
Requested by
The Left (1 roll call) · Greens (1 roll call)
Sitting
Wednesday 10 September 2025
Final vote
178767
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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: 440 for, 168 against, 52 abstained (roll call).

Passed by a large majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 rejected) and 10 parts of the text voted on separately (10 lapsed).

Backed by S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; opposed by The Left, Greens 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 1Against 36Abst. 0No vote 9 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.96
GreensFor 2Against 45Abst. 0No vote 6 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
S&DFor 89Against 20Abst. 20No vote 7 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.53
RenewFor 63Against 2Abst. 3No vote 7 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.89
EPPFor 170Against 0Abst. 1No vote 17 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 63Against 2Abst. 7No vote 7 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.81
PatriotsFor 44Against 17Abst. 19No vote 5 of 85Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.33
ESNFor 2Against 23Abst. 1No vote 1 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.83
No groupFor 6Against 23Abst. 1No vote 0 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, 61

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
Austria128000.40
Belgium107230.29
Bulgaria123020.70
Cyprus3300—
Czechia651000.21
Germany3853230.35
Denmark85110.36
Estonia6001—
Spain448530.66
Finland74130.38
France52101450.53
Greece119010.33
Croatia111000.88
Hungary122070.79
Ireland102020.75
Italy4812790.57
Lithuania91010.85
Luxembourg5100—
Latvia8100—
Malta5001—
Netherlands1010650.08
Poland470150.97
Portugal170041.00
Romania302010.91
Sweden612300.36
Slovenia8100—
Slovakia58020.42

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
Sabine VERHEYEN GermanyEPPSpeeches110 Sept 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Dragoş BENEA RomaniaS&DSpeeches29 Sept 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Younous OMARJEE FranceThe LeftSpeeches29 Sept 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Krzysztof HETMAN PolandEPPSpeeches19 Sept 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Mihai TUDOSE RomaniaS&DSpeeches19 Sept 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Marcos ROS SEMPERE SpainS&DSpeeches19 Sept 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
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Debate speakers, continued
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Riho TERRAS EstoniaEPPSpeeches19 Sept 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Denis NESCI ItalyECRSpeeches19 Sept 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Danuše NERUDOVÁ CzechiaEPPSpeeches19 Sept 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Irmhild BOSSDORF GermanyESNSpeeches19 Sept 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Ľubica KARVAŠOVÁ SlovakiaRenewSpeeches19 Sept 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Cristina GUARDA ItalyGreensSpeeches19 Sept 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Valentina PALMISANO ItalyThe LeftSpeeches19 Sept 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Séverine WERBROUCK FrancePatriotsSpeeches19 Sept 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches17 May 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

All votes on this decision, 16

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
1Amendments 79 + 81 (voted as one) A10-0129/2025 - Dragoş Benea - Rejet - Am 79= 81= Roll call136 for, 504 against, 27 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
2Proposal to vote on amendments A10-0129/2025 - Dragoş Benea - Demande de procéder au vote sur les amendements Roll call151 for, 495 against, 19 abstained Rejected
3Final vote on the provisional agreement A10-0129/2025 - Dragoş Benea - Accord provisoire - Am 77 Roll call440 for, 168 against, 52 abstained Adopted
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Proposal to vote on amendments A10-0129/2025 - Dragoş Benea - Demande de procéder au vote sur les amendements Roll call151 for, 495 against, 19 abstained Rejected
3Final vote on the provisional agreement A10-0129/2025 - Dragoş Benea - Accord provisoire - Am 77 Roll call440 for, 168 against, 52 abstained Adopted
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Commission statement Show of hands Adopted
5Final vote Text as a whole Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
6Separate vote on Title Show of hands Lapsed
7Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 1, point 1, point a, point i; Regulation (EU) 2021/1058; Article 3, paragraph 1, point a, point vii Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
8Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 1, point 1, point a, point i; Regulation (EU) 2021/1058; Article 3, paragraph 1, point a, point vii Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
9Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 1, point 1, point a, point i; Regulation (EU) 2021/1058; Article 3, paragraph 1, point a, point vii Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
10Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 1, point 1, point c; Regulation (EU) 2021/1058; Article 3, paragraph 1c, subparagraph 1 Show of hands Lapsed
11Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 1, point 2; Regulation (EU) 2021/1058; Article 4, paragraph 10 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
12Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 1, point 3, point a; Regulation (EU) 2021/1058; Article 5, paragraph 2 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
13Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 1, point 3, point a; Regulation (EU) 2021/1058; Article 5, paragraph 2 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
14Vote on text inserted after Article 2; Regulation (EU) 2021/1060; Article 24, after paragraph 10 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
15Vote on text inserted after recital 19 Show of hands Lapsed
16Final vote Commission proposal Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed

Roll calls requested by The Left, Greens.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0129

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The proposal amends EU cohesion policy rules to let member states redirect funds to new strategic priorities, such as defence and competitiveness, during the mid-term review.

Parliament adopted its position on the law, backing the changes with amendments, including support for long-duration electricity storage and safeguards on rule-of-law conditionality.

Parliament calls on the Commission to reassess the 15% reallocation threshold and to report on transfers, ensuring transparency and protecting cohesion objectives.

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Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation amends cohesion policy rules to address strategic challenges, adding new specific objectives for defence, civil preparedness, housing, water, energy, and public services, and increasing pre-financing and co-financing rates.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0084(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1058 and (EU) 2021/1056 as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term review

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 · 5 May 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 25 June 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 2 July 2025 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 3 September 2025 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 10 September 2025 (done)
  6. Published as law · 19 September 2025 (done)

Lead committee: REGI · Rapporteur: Dragoş BENEA (S&D)

Connections

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

Show 14 connections: Running issue: EU competitiveness · Other decisions of the part-session on REGI dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: EU competitiveness

Other decisions of the part-session on REGI dossiers

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Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

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

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-10/2
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Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Amending ERDF, Cohesion Fund and Just Transition Fund as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term review”. Decision, 10 September 2025. votingId 178767, document A-10-2025-0129, reference 2025/0084(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-10/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 10 September 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-09-10-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 10 September 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-09-10-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-09-10, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-09-10/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-09-10-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amending ERDF, Cohesion Fund and Just Transition Fund as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term review}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-09-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-10/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-10/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 178767, document A-10-2025-0129, reference 2025/0084(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-09-10-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-09-10-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-09-10 (CC BY 4.0)}
}