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Motion of censure on the Commission

Effect
Rejected
Result
179 for · 378 against · 37 abstained roll call
Date
9 October 2025, 13:09
Kind
Resolution
More facts (8)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0400
Dossier
2025/2174(INS)
Source
Motion for a resolution
Topics
EU institutions & Parliament Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Thursday 9 October 2025
Final vote
179569
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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: 179 for, 378 against, 37 abstained (roll call).

Rejected by a large majority.

Parliament rejected the text.

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

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 7Against 15Abst. 2No vote 22 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.44
GreensFor 0Against 45Abst. 0No vote 8 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 1Against 94Abst. 5No vote 36 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.91
RenewFor 4Against 55Abst. 1No vote 15 of 75Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.88
EPPFor 4Against 161Abst. 3No vote 20 of 188Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
ECRFor 38Against 5Abst. 25No vote 11 of 79Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.34
PatriotsFor 78Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 25Against 0Abst. 0No vote 2 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 22Against 3Abst. 1No vote 4 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, 18

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
Austria512030.56
Belgium312160.63
Bulgaria312110.63
Cyprus2202—
Czechia106320.29
Germany25600110.56
Denmark113100.80
Estonia1501—
Spain942090.74
Finland112020.88
France37252170.37
Greece310080.65
Croatia110010.86
Hungary124050.63
Ireland09230.73
Italy122721160.17
Lithuania28010.70
Luxembourg1500—
Latvia1701—
Malta1311—
Netherlands518350.54
Poland2325050.28
Portugal210090.75
Romania8140110.45
Sweden315210.63
Slovenia1503—
Slovakia77010.25

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 MaltaEPPSpeeches49 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Terry REINTKE GermanyGreensSpeeches16 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Daniel BUDA RomaniaEPPSpeeches16 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) Against
Jordan BARDELLA FrancePatriotsSpeeches16 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Valérie HAYER FranceRenewSpeeches16 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Martin SCHIRDEWAN GermanyThe LeftSpeeches16 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
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Debate speakers, continued
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Manon AUBRY FranceThe LeftSpeeches16 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Bert-Jan RUISSEN NetherlandsECRSpeeches16 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) Abstained
Nicola PROCACCINI ItalyECRSpeeches16 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Abstained
Brigitte VAN DEN BERG NetherlandsRenewSpeeches16 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) Against
Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group PolandPatriotsSpeeches16 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Annalisa CORRADO ItalyS&DSpeeches16 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) Against
Kinga GÁL HungaryPatriotsSpeeches16 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Manfred WEBER GermanyEPPSpeeches16 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ SpainS&DSpeeches16 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against

All votes on this decision, 1

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 on the motion for a resolution B10-0400/2025 – Motion for a resolution Roll call179 for, 378 against, 37 abstained Rejected

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2025-0400

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The European Parliament voted on a motion of censure against the European Commission, which would have expressed Parliament's lack of confidence in the Commission.

Parliament rejected the motion, meaning the Commission keeps its position and no further action is taken on this censure.

The motion had been tabled by MEPs citing concerns about the Commission's policies and conduct.

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This motion of censure censures the Commission, citing failures on economic decline, migration, transparency, freedom of expression, and trade agreements with Mercosur and the US.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2174(INS) · Procedure type INS

Parliament rejected the text on 9 October 2025; no position was adopted.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee (done)
  2. Committee work (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Rejected 9 October 2025 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · No text adopted (done)

Connections

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

Show 23 connections: Running issue: EU-Mercosur agreement · Running issue: Von der Leyen Commission · Running issue: EU–US trade deal · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: EU-Mercosur agreement

Running issue: Von der Leyen Commission

Running issue: EU–US trade deal

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/2025-10-09/2
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Motion of censure on the Commission”. Decision, 9 October 2025. votingId 179569, document B-10-2025-0400, reference 2025/2174(INS). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-09/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 9 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-09-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 9 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-09-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-09, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-10-09/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-10-09-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Motion of censure on the Commission}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-10-09},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-09/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-09/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 179569, document B-10-2025-0400, reference 2025/2174(INS). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-09-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-09-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-09 (CC BY 4.0)}
}