Decision

Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations

Effect: Passed
Result: 446 for · 162 against · 35 abstained roll call
Date: 21 October 2025, 13:22
Kind: New EU law · 1st reading

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Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-9-2022-0223
Dossier: 2021/0375(COD)
Source: Committee report by Loránt Vincze, Charles Goerens
Votes: 9 votes · 2 roll calls
Sitting: Tuesday 21 October 2025
Final vote: 179824

Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-9-2022-0223
Dossier: 2021/0375(COD)
Source: Committee report by Loránt Vincze, Charles Goerens
Votes: 9 votes · 2 roll calls
Sitting: Tuesday 21 October 2025
Final vote: 179824

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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.

Passed by a large majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 5 parts of the text voted on separately (5 lapsed).

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by ECR, Patriots 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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 34	Against 1	Abst. 4	No vote 7 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.81
Greens	For 49	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 4 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 118	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 18 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 70	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 5 of 75	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 169	Against 2	Abst. 0	No vote 17 of 188	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.98
ECR	For 0	Against 43	Abst. 26	No vote 10 of 79	Majority line Against	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.43
Patriots	For 0	Against 77	Abst. 0	No vote 8 of 85	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
ESN	For 0	Against 24	Abst. 0	No vote 3 of 27	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
No group	For 6	Against 15	Abst. 5	No vote 4 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, 7

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.

The Left line For · 1 voted against, 4 abstained of 39 who voted
Voted against (1)
- João OLIVEIRA Portugal
Abstained (4)
- Giorgos GEORGIOU Cyprus
- Kathleen FUNCHION Ireland
- Lynn BOYLAN Ireland
- Marc BOTENGA Belgium
EPP line For · 2 voted against of 171 who voted
Voted against (2)
- Henrik DAHL Denmark
- Kinga KOLLÁR Hungary

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).
Country	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Cohesion
Austria	13	6	0	1	0.53
Belgium	15	3	4	0	0.52
Bulgaria	12	4	0	1	0.63
Cyprus	4	1	1	0	—
Czechia	7	11	1	2	0.37
Germany	69	19	1	7	0.66
Denmark	12	3	0	0	0.70
Estonia	6	1	0	0	—
Spain	41	8	0	11	0.76
Finland	14	0	0	1	1.00
France	45	32	0	4	0.38
Greece	14	6	0	1	0.55
Croatia	9	1	0	2	0.85
Hungary	6	13	0	2	0.53
Ireland	11	0	2	1	0.77
Italy	33	4	19	20	0.38
Lithuania	8	3	0	0	0.59
Luxembourg	4	1	0	1	—
Latvia	5	3	1	0	—
Malta	5	0	0	1	—
Netherlands	19	7	0	5	0.60
Poland	25	24	0	4	0.27
Portugal	15	3	0	3	0.75
Romania	20	6	0	7	0.65
Sweden	17	0	3	1	0.78
Slovenia	9	0	0	0	—
Slovakia	8	3	3	1	0.36

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.
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Loránt VINCZE Romania	EPP	Speeches1	21 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For

All votes on this decision, 9

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.	Vote	Recorded	Result
1	Proposal to vote on amendments	Show of hands	Rejected
2	Final vote on the provisional agreement A9-0223/2022 – Loránt Vincze, Charles Goerens – Provisional agreement – Am 146	Roll call	446 for, 162 against, 35 abstained Adopted
3	Final vote Text as a whole	Show of hands	Lapsed

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Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
2	Final vote on the provisional agreement A9-0223/2022 – Loránt Vincze, Charles Goerens – Provisional agreement – Am 146	Roll call	446 for, 162 against, 35 abstained Adopted
3	Final vote Text as a whole	Show of hands	Lapsed

Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result
4	Separate vote on Article 2 Article 2 – § 1 – point 4 – point b	Show of hands	Lapsed
5	Separate vote on Article 2 Article 2 – § 1 – point 4 – point b	Show of hands	Lapsed
6	Separate vote on Article 4 Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j	Show of hands	Lapsed
7	Separate vote on Article 30 Article 30 – § 2 – point a – point ix	Show of hands	Lapsed
8	Separate vote on recital 6	Show of hands	Lapsed
9	Final vote Commission proposal	Roll call	0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2022-0223

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Parliament adopted its position on a proposed law updating the statute and funding of European political parties and foundations.

The text updates rules on funding sources, reporting, and transparency for these bodies ahead of the 2024 European elections.

Parliament asks the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially changes its proposal.

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The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation on the statute and funding of European political parties and foundations introduces new categories of revenue, allows cross-border campaigns, and strengthens verification and sanction procedures.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2021/0375(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

The statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (recast)

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 8 December 2025 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 17 January 2022 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 13 July 2022 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 27 July 2022 (done)
Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 16 July 2025 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 21 October 2025 (done)
Published as law · 8 December 2025 (done)

Lead committee: AFCO · Rapporteurs: Loránt VINCZE (EPP), MEP #2323 (EPP), Charles GOERENS (Renew)

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Sources & citation

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

Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-21/5
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 21 October 2025 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 21 October 2025 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-21
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations”. Decision, 21 October 2025. votingId 179824, document A-9-2022-0223, reference 2021/0375(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-21/5 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 21 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-21-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 21 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-21-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-21, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-10-21/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2025-10-21-5,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-10-21},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-21/5}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-21/5},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 179824, document A-9-2022-0223, reference 2021/0375(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-21-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-21-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-21 (CC BY 4.0)}
}