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Motion of censure on the Commission

Effect
Rejected
Result
133 for · 383 against · 78 abstained roll call
Date
9 October 2025, 13:10
Kind
Resolution
More facts (8)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0402
Dossier
2025/2173(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
179571
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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: 133 for, 383 against, 78 abstained (roll call).

Rejected by a large majority.

Parliament rejected the text.

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

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 39Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 13Against 31Abst. 2No vote 7 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.51
S&DFor 2Against 90Abst. 6No vote 38 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.88
RenewFor 4Against 55Abst. 1No vote 15 of 75Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.88
EPPFor 0Against 168Abst. 0No vote 20 of 188Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 22Against 34Abst. 11No vote 12 of 79Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.26
PatriotsFor 7Against 2Abst. 56No vote 20 of 85Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.79
ESNFor 23Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 23Against 3Abst. 2No vote 2 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, 37

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
Austria412130.56
Belgium39550.29
Bulgaria311120.60
Cyprus2211—
Czechia39090.63
Germany26580120.54
Denmark112200.70
Estonia0601—
Spain6372150.73
Finland39120.54
France12293190.15
Greece98130.25
Croatia09210.73
Hungary141150.53
Ireland46130.32
Italy14426140.52
Lithuania28010.70
Luxembourg0420—
Latvia0711—
Malta1311—
Netherlands021550.71
Poland2025170.32
Portugal111090.88
Romania7150110.52
Sweden215310.63
Slovenia2403—
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 MaltaEPPSpeeches19 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

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 B10-0402/2025 – Motion for a resolution Roll call133 for, 383 against, 78 abstained Rejected

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2025-0402

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The motion of censure criticised the Commission over an EU–US trade deal, the EU–Mercosur Agreement, the situation in Gaza, and social and climate crises.

Parliament rejected the motion, meaning the Commission keeps its confidence and remains in office.

The motion had called for the Commission's resignation and for suspending the EU–Israel Association Agreement.

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This motion of censure targets the European Commission for accepting an EU–US trade deal without a mandate, proposing to split the EU–Mercosur Agreement, failing to act on Gaza, and neglecting social and climate crises. It concludes the Commission has lost Parliament's confidence and censures it.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2173(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 29 connections: Running issue: Middle East crisis · Running issue: EU-Mercosur agreement · Running issue: EU–US trade deal · Running issue: Von der Leyen Commission · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Middle East crisis

Running issue: EU-Mercosur agreement

Running issue: EU–US trade deal

Running issue: Von der Leyen Commission

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/2025-10-09/3
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 179571, document B-10-2025-0402, reference 2025/2173(INS). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-09/3 (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-2025-10-09-3,
  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/2025-10-09/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-09/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 179571, document B-10-2025-0402, reference 2025/2173(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)}
}