Decision
Stock-taking of the European elections 2024
- Effect
- Adopted
- Result
- 388 for · 186 against · 34 abstained roll call
- Date
- 11 September 2025, 13:22–13:23
- Kind
- Resolution
More facts (9)
- Margin
- by a large majority
- Dossier
- 2025/2012(INI)
- Source
- Committee report by Ľubica Karvašová
- Topics
- EU institutions & Parliament Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
- Votes
- 2 votes · 2 roll calls · 1 amendment
- Requested by
- Patriots (1 roll call)
- Sitting
- Thursday 11 September 2025
- Final vote
- 178399
Result
The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.
Final vote: 388 for, 186 against, 34 abstained (roll call).
Adopted by a large majority.
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 rejected).
Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by ECR, Patriots and ESN.
Groups
| Group | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Majority line | Clear line | Cohesion | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | For 15 | Against 2 | Abst. 13 | No vote 16 of 46 | Majority line For | Clear line Divided | Cohesion 0.25 | |
| Greens | For 41 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 12 of 53 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| S&D | For 114 | Against 0 | Abst. 1 | No vote 21 of 136 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.99 | |
| Renew | For 58 | Against 1 | Abst. 2 | No vote 14 of 75 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.93 | |
| EPP | For 153 | Against 0 | Abst. 10 | No vote 25 of 188 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.91 | |
| ECR | For 1 | Against 68 | Abst. 0 | No vote 10 of 79 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 0.98 | |
| Patriots | For 1 | Against 75 | Abst. 0 | No vote 9 of 85 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 0.98 | |
| ESN | For 0 | Against 25 | Abst. 0 | No vote 2 of 27 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| No group | For 5 | Against 15 | Abst. 8 | No vote 2 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, 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, 16
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.
S&D line For · 1 abstained of 115 who voted
Abstained (1)
- Eero HEINÄLUOMA Finland
Renew line For · 1 voted against, 2 abstained of 61 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Katri KULMUNI Finland
Abstained (2)
- Jeannette BALJEU Netherlands
- Malik AZMANI Netherlands
EPP line For · 10 abstained of 163 who voted
Abstained (10)
- Alice TEODORESCU MÅWE Sweden
- Christophe GOMART France
- François-Xavier BELLAMY France
- Ingeborg TER LAAK Netherlands
- Jeroen LENAERS Netherlands
- Jessika VAN LEEUWEN Netherlands
- Laurent CASTILLO France
- Nadine MORANO France
- Sander SMIT Netherlands
- Tom BERENDSEN Netherlands
ECR line Against · 1 voted for of 69 who voted
Voted for (1)
- Veronika VRECIONOVÁ Czechia
Patriots line Against · 1 voted for of 76 who voted
Voted for (1)
- France JAMET France
Countries
The final vote by national delegation.
Votes by country (27 delegations)
| Country | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Cohesion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0.56 |
| Belgium | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0.58 |
| Bulgaria | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0.57 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Czechia | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0.47 |
| Germany | 61 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 0.62 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.73 |
| Estonia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Spain | 48 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0.79 |
| Finland | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0.50 |
| France | 33 | 31 | 5 | 12 | 0.22 |
| Greece | 11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.53 |
| Croatia | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | — |
| Hungary | 5 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0.50 |
| Ireland | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.85 |
| Italy | 27 | 28 | 6 | 15 | 0.19 |
| Lithuania | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | — |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Latvia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Malta | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Netherlands | 13 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0.25 |
| Poland | 23 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0.27 |
| Portugal | 15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.91 |
| Romania | 18 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0.54 |
| Sweden | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.57 |
| Slovenia | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Slovakia | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0.38 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katarina BARLEY Germany | S&D | Speeches1 | 11 Sept 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | No vote recorded |
| Ľubica KARVAŠOVÁ Slovakia | Renew | Speeches1 | 11 Sept 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
All votes on this decision, 2
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amendment 1 A10-0156/2025 - Ľubica Karvašová - Proposition de résolution de remplacement - Am 1 | Roll call | 153 for, 422 against, 41 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Patriots |
| 2 | Final vote — text as a whole A10-0156/2025 - Ľubica Karvašová - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) | Roll call | 388 for, 186 against, 34 abstained Adopted |
Roll call requested by Patriots.
Text
The text voted on.
AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source
Parliament adopted a resolution taking stock of the 2024 European elections, covering turnout, voting rights, and electoral rules.
The text notes the highest turnout in 25 years and calls for reforms to harmonise electoral procedures across member states.
It asks for continued efforts to boost youth participation and address barriers for EU citizens voting abroad.
AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
This resolution takes stock of the 2024 European elections, noting the turnout of 50.74% and calling for reforms to make EU elections more democratic, inclusive, and resilient.
Dossier
Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.
2025/2012(INI) · Own-initiative report
Parliament adopted the text on 11 September 2025. This is its final position on the matter.
Show the 5 steps of the dossier
- Referred to committee · 23 January 2025 (done)
- Committee work · Report adopted 16 July 2025 (done)
- Tabled for plenary · 29 August 2025 (done)
- Plenary vote · Adopted 11 September 2025 (done)
- Parliament’s position · Final (done)
Lead committee: AFCO · Author: Ľubica KARVAŠOVÁ (Renew)
Connections
What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.
Show 9 connections: Running issue: European elections 2024 · Final votes that split the chamber the same way
Running issue: European elections 2024
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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). “Stock-taking of the European elections 2024”. Decision, 11 September 2025. votingId 178399, document A-10-2025-0156, reference 2025/2012(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-11/7 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 11 September 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-09-11-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 11 September 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-09-11-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-09-11, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-09-11/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2025-09-11-7,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Stock-taking of the European elections 2024}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-09-11},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-11/7}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-11/7},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Decision. votingId 178399, document A-10-2025-0156, reference 2025/2012(INI). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-09-11-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-09-11-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-09-11 (CC BY 4.0)}
}