Decision

Amending the Directive on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes

Effect: Amendment 1 rejected
Result: 122 for · 470 against · 69 abstained roll call
Date: 16 December 2025, 13:06
Kind: New EU law · 2nd reading

More facts (10)

Margin: by a large majority
Counts are for: the amendment
Text: Report A-10-2025-0249
Dossier: 2023/0376(COD)
Source: Committee report by Laura Ballarín Cereza
Topics: Economy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Requested by: ESN (1 roll call)
Sitting: Tuesday 16 December 2025
Final vote: 182608

Margin: by a large majority
Counts are for: the amendment
Text: Report A-10-2025-0249
Dossier: 2023/0376(COD)
Source: Committee report by Laura Ballarín Cereza
Topics: Economy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Requested by: ESN (1 roll call)
Sitting: Tuesday 16 December 2025
Final vote: 182608

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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.

Amendment 1 rejected.

The deciding vote on record is an amendment; the fate of the text as a whole is not in the vote record.

Backed by Patriots and ESN; opposed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; ECR 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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 0	Against 42	Abst. 0	No vote 4 of 46	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
Greens	For 0	Against 49	Abst. 0	No vote 4 of 53	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 0	Against 125	Abst. 0	No vote 11 of 136	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 4	Against 62	Abst. 0	No vote 9 of 75	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.91
EPP	For 3	Against 175	Abst. 0	No vote 10 of 188	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.97
ECR	For 7	Against 3	Abst. 62	No vote 7 of 79	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Abstained	Cohesion 0.79
Patriots	For 78	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 7 of 85	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ESN	For 23	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 4 of 27	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
No group	For 7	Against 14	Abst. 7	No vote 2 of 30	Majority 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, 17

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.

Renew line Against · 4 voted for of 66 who voted
Voted for (4)
- Christine SINGER Germany
- Engin EROGLU Germany
- Joachim STREIT Germany
- Moritz KÖRNER Germany
EPP line Against · 3 voted for of 178 who voted
Voted for (3)
- Christian EHLER Germany
- Gheorghe FALCĂ Romania
- Paulo CUNHA Portugal
ECR line Abstained · 10 voted for or against of 72 who voted
Voted for or against (10)
- Assita KANKO Belgium
- Beatrice TIMGREN Sweden
- Charlie WEIMERS Sweden
- Dick ERIXON Sweden
- Emmanouil FRAGKOS Greece
- Galato ALEXANDRAKI Greece
- Georgiana TEODORESCU Romania
- Kris VAN DIJCK Belgium
- Kristoffer STORM Denmark
- Waldemar BUDA Poland

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).
Country	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Cohesion
Austria	6	14	0	0	0.55
Belgium	3	16	0	3	0.76
Bulgaria	2	11	1	3	0.68
Cyprus	1	4	1	0	—
Czechia	10	7	3	1	0.25
Germany	20	65	6	5	0.57
Denmark	2	12	0	1	0.79
Estonia	0	6	1	0	—
Spain	5	46	2	7	0.80
Finland	0	12	0	3	1.00
France	29	42	3	7	0.35
Greece	4	17	0	0	0.71
Croatia	0	11	1	0	0.88
Hungary	9	7	0	5	0.34
Ireland	0	11	0	3	1.00
Italy	8	42	24	2	0.35
Lithuania	1	8	2	0	0.59
Luxembourg	1	5	0	0	—
Latvia	1	5	3	0	—
Malta	0	4	0	2	—
Netherlands	5	23	1	2	0.69
Poland	4	28	16	5	0.38
Portugal	3	15	0	3	0.75
Romania	3	21	5	4	0.59
Sweden	3	17	0	1	0.78
Slovenia	0	9	0	0	—
Slovakia	2	12	0	1	0.79

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.
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Roberta METSOLA Malta	EPP	Speeches1	16 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	No vote recorded

All votes on this decision, 1

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.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
1	Amendment 1, adding text after recital 14 Final vote A10-0249/2025 – Laura Ballarín Cereza – After recital 14 – Am 1	Roll call	122 for, 470 against, 69 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ESN

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Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0249

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The proposal updates EU rules on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes after the European Online Dispute Resolution Platform was discontinued.

Parliament rejected the Council's position, meaning the proposed directive is not approved at this stage.

The rejection follows a recommendation to endorse the text without amendments to allow swift adoption.

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Parliament approves the Council position at first reading on a directive amending Directive 2013/11/EU on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes and related directives, following the discontinuation of the European Online Dispute Resolution Platform.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0376(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Directive 2013/11/EU on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes, as well as Directives (EU) 2015/2302, (EU) 2019/2161 and (EU) 2020/1828

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 30 December 2025 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 27 November 2025 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 4 December 2025 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 5 December 2025 (done)
Plenary vote · Rejected 16 December 2025 (done)
Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 25 September 2025 (done)
Published as law · 30 December 2025 (done)

Lead committee: IMCO · Rapporteur: Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA (S&D)

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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/2025-12-16/2
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 16 December 2025 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 16 December 2025 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-16
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “Amending the Directive on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes”. Decision, 16 December 2025. votingId 182608, document A-10-2025-0249, reference 2023/0376(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-16/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 16 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-16-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 16 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-16-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-16, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-12-16/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2025-12-16-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amending the Directive on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-12-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-16/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-16/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 182608, document A-10-2025-0249, reference 2023/0376(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-16-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-16-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-16 (CC BY 4.0)}
}