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Access to finance for SMEs and scale-ups

Effect
Adopted
Result
360 for · 298 against · 8 abstained roll call
Date
26 November 2025, 12:41
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by a small majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0185
Dossier
2025/2072(INI)
Source
Committee report by Jorge Martín Frías
Topics
Economy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
2 votes · 2 roll calls · 1 amendment
Requested by
Patriots (1 roll call)
Sitting
Wednesday 26 November 2025
Final vote
181544
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Cite this page Roll-call results (EP) (opens the official site)
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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: 360 for, 298 against, 8 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a small majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 rejected).

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

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 0Against 39Abst. 0No vote 7 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 0Against 51Abst. 1No vote 1 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.97
S&DFor 1Against 126Abst. 0No vote 9 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.99
RenewFor 5Against 62Abst. 1No vote 7 of 75Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.87
EPPFor 170Against 3Abst. 3No vote 12 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.95
ECRFor 74Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
PatriotsFor 75Against 6Abst. 0No vote 4 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.89
ESNFor 20Against 0Abst. 1No vote 6 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
No groupFor 15Against 11Abst. 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, 21

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
Austria515000.63
Belgium613210.43
Bulgaria105020.50
Cyprus4200—
Czechia162300.64
Germany4545150.24
Denmark68010.36
Estonia3400—
Spain2925060.31
Finland49020.54
France4034070.31
Greece109020.29
Croatia75000.38
Hungary162030.83
Ireland49010.54
Italy3633070.28
Lithuania55010.25
Luxembourg1500—
Latvia6300—
Malta2301—
Netherlands1314040.28
Poland453140.88
Portugal99030.25
Romania1714110.30
Sweden813000.43
Slovenia5400—
Slovakia85020.42

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 MaltaEPPSpeeches126 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Jorge MARTÍN FRÍAS SpainPatriotsSpeeches126 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
1Amendment 1 A10-0185/2025 – Jorge Martín Frías – Alternative motion for a resolution – Am 1 Roll call264 for, 363 against, 39 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
2Final vote — text as a whole A10-0185/2025 – Jorge Martín Frías – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call360 for, 298 against, 8 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by Patriots.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0185

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

Parliament adopted a resolution on improving access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and scale-ups in the EU.

The text calls for reducing regulatory burdens, fostering private investment, and closing the late-stage financing gap to help European firms grow and stay in the Union.

It also asks the Commission to consider tailored definitions for start-ups and scale-ups and to ensure EU-level instruments are accessible across all member states.

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

This resolution addresses access to finance for SMEs and scale-ups in the EU, covering regulatory burdens, private capital mobilization, scale-up funding gaps, and market competitiveness.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2072(INI) · Own-initiative report

Parliament adopted the text on 26 November 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 3 April 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 24 September 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 2 October 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 26 November 2025 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: ECON · Author: Jorge MARTÍN FRÍAS (Patriots)

Connections

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

Show 14 connections: Running issue: EU competitiveness · Other decisions of the part-session on ECON dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: EU competitiveness

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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/2025-11-26/10
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Data source
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Access to finance for SMEs and scale-ups”. Decision, 26 November 2025. votingId 181544, document A-10-2025-0185, reference 2025/2072(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-26/10 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 26 November 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-26-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 26 November 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-26-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-26, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-11-26/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-11-26-10,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Access to finance for SMEs and scale-ups}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-11-26},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-26/10}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-26/10},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 181544, document A-10-2025-0185, reference 2025/2072(INI). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-26-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-26-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-26 (CC BY 4.0)}
}