Decision
Protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and material
- Effect
- Adopted
- Result
- show of hands — no count
- Date
- 26 November 2025, 12:42–12:48
- Kind
- Resolution
More facts (8)
- Dossier
- 2025/2971(RSP)
- Source
- Motion for a resolution
- Topics
- Economy & single marketDigital, AI & data Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
- Votes
- 37 votes · 20 roll calls · 18 amendments
- Requested by
- The Left (1 roll call) · ECR (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 roll call, 1 split vote) · ECR (B10-0500/2025) (5 split votes)
- Sitting
- Wednesday 26 November 2025
- Final vote
- 181960
Result
The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.
Show of hands — no count
Adopted.
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 18 amendments (18 rejected) and 15 parts of the text voted on separately (11 adopted, 4 rejected).
Debate speakers and how they voted
| Member | Group | Speeches | Spoke | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberta METSOLA Malta | EPP | Speeches1 | 26 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | no roll call |
| François-Xavier BELLAMY France | EPP | Speeches1 | 26 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | no roll call |
| Henna VIRKKUNEN Finland | EPP | Speeches2 | 12 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | no roll call |
| Sabine VERHEYEN Germany | EPP | Speeches2 | 12 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | no roll call |
| Saskia BRICMONT Belgium | Greens | Speeches1 | 12 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group | no roll call |
| Leila CHAIBI France | The Left | Speeches1 | 12 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group | no roll call |
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All votes on this decision, 37
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Final vote on the motion for a resolution B10-0496/2025 – Motion for a resolution | Roll call | 49 for, 600 against, 16 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: The Left |
| 2 | Amendment 3 to paragraph 1 B10-0500/2025 – § 1 – Am 3 | Roll call | 174 for, 458 against, 22 abstained Rejected | |
| 3 | Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 1 B10-0500/2025 – After § 1 – Am 4 | Roll call | 155 for, 413 against, 80 abstained Rejected |
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| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Amendment 3 to paragraph 1 B10-0500/2025 – § 1 – Am 3 | Roll call | 174 for, 458 against, 22 abstained Rejected | |
| 3 | Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 1 B10-0500/2025 – After § 1 – Am 4 | Roll call | 155 for, 413 against, 80 abstained Rejected |
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 1 B10-0500/2025 – After § 1 – Am 5 | Roll call | 85 for, 471 against, 93 abstained Rejected | |
| 5 | Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 1 B10-0500/2025 – After § 1 – Am 6 | Roll call | 95 for, 471 against, 82 abstained Rejected | |
| 6 | Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 6 B10-0500/2025 – After § 6 – Am 7 | Roll call | 133 for, 492 against, 22 abstained Rejected | |
| 7 | Amendment 18 to paragraph 11 B10-0500/2025 – § 11 – Am 18 | Roll call | 233 for, 393 against, 28 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: ECR |
| 8 | Paragraph 9 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘and the absence of harmonised and interoperable technological tools across the Member States,’” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR (B10-0500/2025) |
| 9 | Paragraph 9 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR (B10-0500/2025) |
| 10 | Paragraph 10 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘including the introduction of a harmonised EU-level WTO-compliant handling fee to cover the increased supervisory costs of custom authorities, and clearly defined responsibility for platforms and sellers established in third countries for the safety and compliance of products they target at EU consumers, which should accompany the removal of the VAT and customs duty exemption for low-value consignments that has been recently agreed in the Council;’” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR (B10-0500/2025) |
| 11 | Paragraph 10 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR (B10-0500/2025) |
| 12 | Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 11 B10-0500/2025 – After § 11 – Am 8 | Roll call | 173 for, 433 against, 39 abstained Rejected | |
| 13 | Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 11 B10-0500/2025 – After § 11 – Am 9 | Roll call | 124 for, 503 against, 21 abstained Rejected | |
| 14 | Amendment 10 to paragraph 13 B10-0500/2025 – § 13 – Am 10 | Roll call | 159 for, 430 against, 59 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: ECR |
| 15 | Paragraph 14 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the word: ‘temporary’” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR (B10-0500/2025) |
| 16 | Paragraph 14 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “that word” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR (B10-0500/2025) |
| 17 | Separate vote on paragraph 17 | Show of hands | Rejected | |
| 18 | Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 19 B10-0500/2025 – After § 19 – Am 17 | Roll call | 234 for, 402 against, 22 abstained Rejected | |
| 19 | Separate vote on paragraph 25 | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: Patriots, ECR (B10-0500/2025) |
| 20 | Paragraph 25 — part 2 B10-0500/2025 – § 25/2 Part voted on: “underlines the need to grant the Commission direct investigatory and sanctioning powers for serious, high-impact infringements of consumer law, in order to secure coherent, simultaneous and deterrent enforcement throughout the EU;” | Roll call | 467 for, 190 against, 10 abstained Adopted | Requested bysplit: Patriots, ECR (B10-0500/2025) |
| 21 | Paragraph 28 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Urges the Member States, furthermore, to considerably accelerate the digitalisation of import procedures in customs administrations, supported by the EU Customs Data Hub, in order to ensure the effective application of current legislation and to speed up customs clearance, in particular given the exponential growth in parcel flows; calls on the Member States to increase the use of automated processes, such as automatic label scanning during parcel processing at customs; stresses that the wide use of the digital product passport would allow ex ante compliance verification for all products imported via e-commerce, containing detailed quality and compliance information and which would be integrated directly into the EU Customs Data Hub;” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR (B10-0500/2025) |
| 22 | Paragraph 28 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “calls on the Commission to cover, as soon as possible, all physical goods placed on the EU market with the digital product passport;” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR (B10-0500/2025) |
| 23 | Amendment 11 to paragraph 31 B10-0500/2025 – § 31 – Am 11 | Roll call | 171 for, 461 against, 18 abstained Rejected | |
| 24 | Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 31 B10-0500/2025 – After § 31 – Am 12 | Roll call | 170 for, 399 against, 71 abstained Rejected | |
| 25 | Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 31 B10-0500/2025 – After § 31 – Am 13 | Roll call | 89 for, 549 against, 11 abstained Rejected | |
| 26 | Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 31 B10-0500/2025 – After § 31 – Am 14 | Roll call | 70 for, 576 against, 5 abstained Rejected | |
| 27 | Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 32 B10-0500/2025 – After § 32 – Am 16 | Roll call | 233 for, 383 against, 36 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: ECR |
| 28 | Vote on text inserted after paragraph 32 | Show of hands | Rejected | |
| 29 | Vote on text inserted after paragraph 32 | Show of hands | Rejected | |
| 30 | Amendment 15 to paragraph 33 B10-0500/2025 – § 33 – Am 15 | Roll call | 94 for, 477 against, 80 abstained Rejected | |
| 31 | Vote on text inserted after recital B | Show of hands | Adopted | |
| 32 | Amendment 1, adding text after recital C B10-0500/2025 – After recital C – Am 1 | Roll call | 140 for, 414 against, 99 abstained Rejected | |
| 33 | Amendment 2, adding text after recital E B10-0500/2025 – After recital E – Am 2 | Roll call | 182 for, 436 against, 31 abstained Rejected | |
| 34 | Vote on text inserted after recital E | Show of hands | Rejected | |
| 35 | Final vote — text as a whole Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested byroll call: The Left |
| 36 | Final vote on the motion for a resolution Motion for a resolution | Show of hands | Lapsed | Requested byroll call: The Left |
| 37 | Final vote on the motion for a resolution Motion for a resolution | Show of hands | Lapsed | Requested byroll call: The Left |
Roll calls requested by The Left, ECR, Patriots · split votes by Patriots, ECR (B10-0500/2025) (5).
Text
The text voted on.
AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
This resolution condemns the sale of child-like sex dolls and other illegal products on e-commerce platforms like SHEIN, calling for stronger enforcement of EU rules and reforms to protect consumers.
Dossier
Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.
2025/2971(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject
Parliament adopted the text on 26 November 2025. This is its final position on the matter.
Show the 3 steps of the dossier
- Tabled for plenary (done)
- Plenary vote · Adopted 26 November 2025 (done)
- Parliament’s position · Final (done)
Connections
What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.
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Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2025). “Protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and material”. Decision, 26 November 2025. votingId 181960, document B-10-2025-0500, reference 2025/2971(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-26/11 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: 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-2025-11-26-11,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and material}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-11-26},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-26/11}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-26/11},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Decision. votingId 181960, document B-10-2025-0500, reference 2025/2971(RSP). Official source: 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)}
}