Decision
Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan
- Effect
- Passed
- Result
- 519 for · 119 against · 25 abstained roll call
- Date
- 16 December 2025, 13:07
- Kind
- New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (9)
- Margin
- by a large majority
- Dossier
- 2025/0103(COD)
- Source
- Committee report by Rihards Kols
- Topics
- Economy & single marketDefence & securityEU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
- Votes
- 6 votes · 4 roll calls
- Requested by
- ESN (1 roll call)
- Sitting
- Tuesday 16 December 2025
- Final vote
- 182483
Result
The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.
Final vote: 519 for, 119 against, 25 abstained (roll call).
Passed by a large majority.
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
A proposal to reject the whole text was defeated first. Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 2 parts of the text voted on separately (2 lapsed).
Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; opposed by The Left and ESN.
Groups
| Group | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Majority line | Clear line | Cohesion | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | For 1 | Against 35 | Abst. 6 | No vote 4 of 46 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 0.75 | |
| Greens | For 35 | Against 11 | Abst. 3 | No vote 4 of 53 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.57 | |
| S&D | For 120 | Against 5 | Abst. 0 | No vote 11 of 136 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.94 | |
| Renew | For 64 | Against 1 | Abst. 1 | No vote 9 of 75 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.95 | |
| EPP | For 179 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 9 of 188 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| ECR | For 66 | Against 2 | Abst. 5 | No vote 6 of 79 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.86 | |
| Patriots | For 49 | Against 20 | Abst. 9 | No vote 7 of 85 | Majority line For | Clear line Divided | Cohesion 0.44 | |
| ESN | For 1 | Against 21 | Abst. 1 | No vote 4 of 27 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 0.87 | |
| No group | For 4 | Against 24 | Abst. 0 | 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, 37
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.
The Left line Against · 1 voted for, 6 abstained of 42 who voted
Voted for (1)
- Merja KYLLÖNEN Finland
Abstained (6)
- Estrella GALÁN Spain
- Hanna GEDIN Sweden
- Jonas SJÖSTEDT Sweden
- Jussi SARAMO Finland
- Li ANDERSSON Finland
- Sebastian EVERDING Germany
Greens line For · 11 voted against, 3 abstained of 49 who voted
Voted against (11)
- Ana MIRANDA PAZ Spain
- Benedetta SCUDERI Italy
- Cristina GUARDA Italy
- David CORMAND France
- Diana RIBA I GINER Spain
- Marie TOUSSAINT France
- Mélissa CAMARA France
- Mounir SATOURI France
- Saskia BRICMONT Belgium
- Tilly METZ Luxembourg
- Vladimir PREBILIČ Slovenia
Abstained (3)
- Gordan BOSANAC Croatia
- Lena SCHILLING Austria
- Thomas WAITZ Austria
S&D line For · 5 voted against of 125 who voted
Voted against (5)
- Alex AGIUS SALIBA Malta
- Cecilia STRADA Italy
- Daniel ATTARD Malta
- Marco TARQUINIO Italy
- Thomas BAJADA Malta
Renew line For · 1 voted against, 1 abstained of 66 who voted
ECR line For · 2 voted against, 5 abstained of 73 who voted
Voted against (2)
- Emmanouil FRAGKOS Greece
- Galato ALEXANDRAKI Greece
Abstained (5)
- Adrian-George AXINIA Romania
- Claudiu-Richard TÂRZIU Romania
- Georgiana TEODORESCU Romania
- Gheorghe PIPEREA Romania
- Şerban Dimitrie STURDZA Romania
ESN line Against · 1 voted for, 1 abstained of 23 who voted
Countries
The final vote by national delegation.
Votes by country (27 delegations)
| Country | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Cohesion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.40 |
| Belgium | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.53 |
| Bulgaria | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.79 |
| Cyprus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Czechia | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.85 |
| Germany | 65 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0.57 |
| Denmark | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.89 |
| Estonia | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Spain | 43 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0.72 |
| Finland | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.77 |
| France | 61 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0.72 |
| Greece | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.29 |
| Croatia | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.88 |
| Hungary | 7 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0.34 |
| Ireland | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0.32 |
| Italy | 55 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0.61 |
| Lithuania | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Latvia | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Malta | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | — |
| Netherlands | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Poland | 43 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.84 |
| Portugal | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.92 |
| Romania | 23 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0.69 |
| Sweden | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.85 |
| Slovenia | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Slovakia | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.36 |
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.
Debate speakers and how they voted
| Member | Group | Speeches | Spoke | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberta METSOLA Malta | EPP | Speeches1 | 16 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | No vote recorded |
| Pasquale TRIDICO Italy | The Left | Speeches5 | 15 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | Against |
| Lukas SIEPER changed group Germany | Renew | Speeches4 | 15 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
| Christophe HANSEN Luxembourg | EPP | Speeches2 | 15 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | Not in office |
| Sophie WILMÈS Belgium | Renew | Speeches2 | 15 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
| Rihards KOLS Latvia | ECR | Speeches2 | 15 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
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All votes on this decision, 6
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proposal to reject the text Proposal for rejection | Show of hands | Rejected | |
| 2 | Final vote on the provisional agreement A10-0172/2025 – Rihards Kols – Provisional agreement – Am 2 | Roll call | 519 for, 119 against, 25 abstained Adopted | |
| 3 | Final vote Text as a whole | Show of hands | Lapsed |
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| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Final vote on the provisional agreement A10-0172/2025 – Rihards Kols – Provisional agreement – Am 2 | Roll call | 519 for, 119 against, 25 abstained Adopted | |
| 3 | Final vote Text as a whole | Show of hands | Lapsed |
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Separate vote on Article 3 Article 3 – § 1 – point 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/697 – Article 6 – after § 2 | Roll call | 0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed | |
| 5 | Vote on text inserted after recital 18 | Roll call | 0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed | |
| 6 | Final vote Commission proposal | Roll call | 0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed |
Roll call requested by ESN.
Text
The text voted on.
AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source
Parliament adopted its position on a law to incentivise defence-related investments in the EU budget, implementing the ReArm Europe Plan.
The law amends several EU funding programmes to support defence technologies, dual-use research, and military mobility, without creating new instruments.
Parliament asks the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially amends its proposal.
AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
Parliament's amended version of a Commission proposal to amend six EU programmes so the EU budget can fund defence-related investments under the ReArm Europe Plan.
Dossier
Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.
2025/0103(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure
Amending Regulations (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/1153, (EU) 2023/1525 and 2024/795, as regards incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 22 December 2025 and now EU law.
Show the 6 steps of the dossier
- Referred to committee · 16 June 2025 (done)
- Committee work · Report adopted 23 September 2025 (done)
- Tabled for plenary · 30 September 2025 (done)
- Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 20 November 2025 (done)
- Plenary vote · Adopted 16 December 2025 (done)
- Published as law · 22 December 2025 (done)
Lead committee: ITRE · Rapporteur: Rihards KOLS (ECR)
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.
- Official sources
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2025). “Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan”. Decision, 16 December 2025. votingId 182483, document A-10-2025-0172, reference 2025/0103(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-16/4 (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-2025-12-16-4,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-12-16},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-16/4}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-16/4},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Decision. votingId 182483, document A-10-2025-0172, reference 2025/0103(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)}
}