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Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction

Effect
Passed
Result
454 for · 172 against · 19 abstained roll call
Date
13 November 2025, 11:06
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (8)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0205
Dossier
2025/0090(COD)
Source
Committee report by Michal Wiezik
Topics
Climate & environmentForeign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
2 votes · 1 roll call
Sitting
Thursday 13 November 2025
Final vote
180954
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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: 454 for, 172 against, 19 abstained (roll call).

Passed by a large majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Procedural motion adopted: Referral back to committee.

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).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 40Against 0Abst. 0No vote 6 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 47Against 0Abst. 0No vote 6 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 124Against 0Abst. 0No vote 12 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 64Against 0Abst. 0No vote 11 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 160Against 2Abst. 11No vote 15 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.89
ECRFor 7Against 61Abst. 5No vote 6 of 79Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.75
PatriotsFor 0Against 75Abst. 1No vote 8 of 84Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.98
ESNFor 0Against 23Abst. 0No vote 4 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 12Against 11Abst. 2No vote 5 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, 26

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
Austria145010.61
Belgium163300.59
Bulgaria113030.68
Cyprus4002—
Czechia911010.33
Germany71140110.75
Denmark122010.79
Estonia6001—
Spain468150.75
Finland121020.88
France3930660.28
Greece153120.68
Croatia111000.88
Hungary710040.38
Ireland101030.86
Italy32295100.23
Lithuania82010.70
Luxembourg5001—
Latvia5400—
Malta4002—
Netherlands234030.78
Poland2326040.30
Portugal172020.84
Romania214260.67
Sweden173010.78
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia76110.25

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
Michal WIEZIK SlovakiaRenewSpeeches313 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches113 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Sabine VERHEYEN GermanyEPPSpeeches212 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Sander SMIT changed group NetherlandsECRSpeeches112 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Jessica POLFJÄRD SwedenEPPSpeeches112 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Li ANDERSSON FinlandThe LeftSpeeches112 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
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Debate speakers, continued
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Sebastian TYNKKYNEN FinlandECRSpeeches112 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) Against
Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT FrancePatriotsSpeeches112 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Emma FOURREAU FranceThe LeftSpeeches112 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Thomas BAJADA MaltaS&DSpeeches112 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Dimitris TSIODRAS GreeceEPPSpeeches112 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Nora JUNCO GARCÍA changed group SpainECRSpeeches112 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Rasmus NORDQVIST DenmarkGreensSpeeches112 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Francisco José MILLÁN MON SpainEPPSpeeches112 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For

All votes on this decision, 2

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 A10-0205/2025 – Michal Wiezik – Commission proposal and amendments Roll call454 for, 172 against, 19 abstained Adopted
2Referral back to committee Request for referral back (Rule 60(4)) Show of hands Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0205

AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament adopted its position on a proposed EU law to conserve and sustainably use marine biodiversity in ocean areas beyond national jurisdiction.

The law would implement an international agreement protecting high seas ecosystems, which cover nearly two thirds of the world's oceans.

Parliament's position includes amendments to align the text closely with that agreement, covering environmental assessments and area-based management tools.

The Council and Commission will now consider Parliament's position before the law can be finalised.

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

Parliament's amended version of the proposed directive on conserving marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction sets rules for marine genetic resources, environmental assessments, area-based management tools, and emergency measures.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0090(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Parliament adopted its position on 13 November 2025. Negotiations with the Council on a common text are under way.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 7 July 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 20 October 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 22 October 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 13 November 2025 (done)
  5. Negotiations with the Council · Talks opened 13 November 2025 (current stage)
  6. Published as law (to come)

Lead committee: ENVI · Rapporteur: Michal WIEZIK (Renew)

Connections

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

Show 12 connections: Running issue: 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals · Other decisions of the part-session on ENVI dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals

Other decisions of the part-session on ENVI dossiers

See all: Other decisions of the part-session on ENVI dossiers

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/2025-11-13/2
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction”. Decision, 13 November 2025. votingId 180954, document A-10-2025-0205, reference 2025/0090(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-13/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 13 November 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-13-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 13 November 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-13-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-13, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-11-13/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-11-13-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-11-13},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-13/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-13/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 180954, document A-10-2025-0205, reference 2025/0090(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-13-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-13-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-13 (CC BY 4.0)}
}