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Harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of third countries interest representation

Effect
Passed
Result
392 for · 88 against · 133 abstained roll call
Date
27 November 2025, 12:07–12:09
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0208
Dossier
2023/0463(COD)
Source
Committee report by Adina Vălean
Topics
Economy & single marketEU institutions & Parliament Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
12 votes · 2 roll calls · 1 amendment
Requested by
Patriots (1 roll call, 2 split votes)
Sitting
Thursday 27 November 2025
Final vote
181559
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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: 392 for, 88 against, 133 abstained (roll call).

Passed by a large majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 rejected) and 8 parts of the text voted on separately (6 adopted, 2 rejected). Procedural motion adopted: Referral back to committee.

Backed by S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; opposed by The Left and ESN; Greens and 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 0Against 33Abst. 4No vote 9 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.84
GreensFor 1Against 0Abst. 49No vote 3 of 53Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.97
S&DFor 111Against 1Abst. 4No vote 20 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.94
RenewFor 46Against 0Abst. 18No vote 11 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.58
EPPFor 156Against 0Abst. 0No vote 32 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 64Against 3Abst. 0No vote 12 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
PatriotsFor 0Against 19Abst. 57No vote 9 of 85Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.63
ESNFor 2Against 19Abst. 0No vote 6 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.86
No groupFor 12Against 13Abst. 1No vote 4 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, 52

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
Austria100820.33
Belgium112450.47
Bulgaria132020.80
Cyprus2202—
Czechia101910.25
Germany362223150.17
Denmark81510.36
Estonia7000—
Spain3773130.68
Finland63240.32
France3273390.19
Greece85530.17
Croatia7014—
Hungary510060.50
Ireland102020.75
Italy4298170.57
Lithuania7112—
Luxembourg4110—
Latvia6021—
Malta5001—
Netherlands961240.17
Poland481130.94
Portugal131340.65
Romania301110.91
Sweden132510.47
Slovenia7011—
Slovakia62520.19

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
Martin HOJSÍK SlovakiaRenewSpeeches227 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) Abstained
Adina VĂLEAN RomaniaEPPSpeeches127 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For

All votes on this decision, 12

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
1Amendments by the committee responsible — put to the vote collectively Amendments by the committee responsible – put to the vote collectively Show of hands Adopted
2Amendment 168 to Article 10, paragraph 2 A10-0208/2025 – Adina Vălean – Article 10, § 2 – Am 168 Roll call149 for, 439 against, 4 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
3Separate vote on Article 10, paragraph 3 Show of hands Rejected
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Amendment 168 to Article 10, paragraph 2 A10-0208/2025 – Adina Vălean – Article 10, § 2 – Am 168 Roll call149 for, 439 against, 4 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
3Separate vote on Article 10, paragraph 3 Show of hands Rejected
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Separate vote on Article 10, paragraph 3 Show of hands Adopted
5Separate vote on Article 12, after paragraph 3 Show of hands Adopted
6Separate vote on Article 12, after paragraph 3 Show of hands Adopted
7Separate vote on Article 19, paragraph 4 Show of hands Adopted
8Separate vote on Article 19, paragraph 4 Show of hands Adopted
9Separate vote on recital 36 Show of hands Rejected
10Separate vote on recital 36 Show of hands Adopted
11Final vote A10-0208/2025 – Adina Vălean – Commission proposal Roll call392 for, 88 against, 133 abstained Adopted
12Referral back to committee Request for referral back (Rule 60(4)) Show of hands Adopted

Roll call requested by Patriots · split votes by Patriots (2).

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0208

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

Parliament adopted its position on a proposed EU directive setting common transparency rules for interest representation carried out on behalf of third countries.

The directive aims to harmonise registration requirements across member states and create an EU-level access point for national registers.

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

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Parliament's amended version of the proposed directive sets harmonised minimum transparency requirements for interest representation activities carried out on behalf of third countries in the EU internal market.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0463(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Establishing harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of interest representation carried out on behalf of third countries and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937

Parliament adopted its position on 27 November 2025. Negotiations with the Council on a common text are under way.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 25 January 2024 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 16 October 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 24 October 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 27 November 2025 (done)
  5. Negotiations with the Council · Talks opened 27 November 2025 (current stage)
  6. Published as law (to come)

Lead committee: IMCO · Rapporteur: Adina VĂLEAN (EPP)

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.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-27/2
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Data source
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of third countries interest representation”. Decision, 27 November 2025. votingId 181559, document A-10-2025-0208, reference 2023/0463(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-27/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 27 November 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-27-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 27 November 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-27-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-27, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-11-27/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-11-27-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of third countries interest representation}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-11-27},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-27/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-27/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 181559, document A-10-2025-0208, reference 2023/0463(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-27-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-27-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-27 (CC BY 4.0)}
}