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Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative process

Effect
Adopted
Result
337 for · 245 against · 12 abstained roll call
Date
27 November 2025, 12:26–12:27
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by a clear majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0224
Dossier
2025/2042(INI)
Source
Committee report by Marieke Ehlers
Topics
EU institutions & Parliament Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
2 votes · 2 roll calls · 1 amendment
Requested by
S&D (1 roll call)
Sitting
Thursday 27 November 2025
Final vote
181566
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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: 337 for, 245 against, 12 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a clear 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 1Against 31Abst. 2No vote 12 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.87
GreensFor 0Against 49Abst. 0No vote 4 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 5Against 104Abst. 2No vote 25 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.91
RenewFor 6Against 57Abst. 0No vote 12 of 75Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.86
EPPFor 144Against 1Abst. 3No vote 40 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
ECRFor 64Against 1Abst. 0No vote 14 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
PatriotsFor 75Against 0Abst. 1No vote 9 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
ESNFor 22Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 20Against 2Abst. 4No 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, 22

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
Austria89120.25
Belgium410350.38
Bulgaria94040.54
Cyprus2103—
Czechia191010.93
Germany42342180.31
Denmark86010.36
Estonia3400—
Spain25220130.30
Finland37050.55
France4131090.35
Greece650100.32
Croatia3504—
Hungary132060.80
Ireland57020.38
Italy28300180.28
Lithuania4502—
Luxembourg2202—
Latvia5301—
Malta2301—
Netherlands1215040.33
Poland454130.85
Portugal88050.25
Romania199320.42
Sweden810210.25
Slovenia5301—
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
Martin HOJSÍK SlovakiaRenewSpeeches227 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) Against
Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR SpainS&DSpeeches127 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) Against

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 A10-0224/2025 – Marieke Ehlers – Alternative motion for a resolution – Am 1 Roll call262 for, 327 against, 18 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: S&D
2Final vote — text as a whole A10-0224/2025 – Marieke Ehlers – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call337 for, 245 against, 12 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by S&D.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0224

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

Parliament adopted a resolution on how the EU applies the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, which determine when the Union should act and how national parliaments should be involved.

The text reaffirms the importance of these principles and calls on the Commission to respect member states' competences and to justify EU action more thoroughly.

It also asks for stronger involvement of national parliaments in EU law-making, including through the early warning system.

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

A resolution on applying the Treaty principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in EU law-making. It calls for stronger subsidiarity checks, earlier involvement of national parliaments, and better use of the early warning system.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2042(INI) · Own-initiative report

Parliament adopted the text on 27 November 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 13 February 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 4 November 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 11 November 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 27 November 2025 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: AFCO · Author: Marieke EHLERS (Patriots)

Connections

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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/2025-11-27/9
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Data source
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Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative process”. Decision, 27 November 2025. votingId 181566, document A-10-2025-0224, reference 2025/2042(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-27/9 (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-2025-11-27-9,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative process}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-11-27},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-27/9}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-27/9},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 181566, document A-10-2025-0224, reference 2025/2042(INI). 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)}
}