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European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC)

Effect
Passed
Result
604 for · 37 against · 18 abstained roll call
Date
17 December 2025, 12:27
Kind
New EU law · Consultation
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0241
Dossier
2025/0229(NLE)
Source
Committee report by Borys Budka
Topics
Digital, AI & dataEconomy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 17 December 2025
Final vote
182462
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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: 604 for, 37 against, 18 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN; opposed by The Left.

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 18Against 20Abst. 4No vote 4 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.21
GreensFor 48Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 122Against 1Abst. 3No vote 10 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.95
RenewFor 67Against 1Abst. 0No vote 7 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
EPPFor 173Against 0Abst. 0No vote 15 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 71Against 4Abst. 0No vote 4 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.92
PatriotsFor 67Against 5Abst. 6No vote 7 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.79
ESNFor 19Against 1Abst. 4No vote 3 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.69
No groupFor 19Against 5Abst. 1No vote 5 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, 25

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
Austria190011.00
Belgium142330.61
Bulgaria130041.00
Cyprus5100—
Czechia191010.93
Germany863250.92
Denmark131010.89
Estonia7000—
Spain463470.80
Finland110220.77
France689040.82
Greece173010.78
Croatia111000.88
Hungary130081.00
Ireland83030.59
Italy750011.00
Lithuania110001.00
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia9000—
Malta3021—
Netherlands245020.74
Poland461240.91
Portugal171030.92
Romania260071.00
Sweden173010.78
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia110310.68

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
Pina PICIERNO changed group ItalyRenewSpeeches117 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For

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.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Final vote A10-0241/2025 – Borys Budka – Commission proposal to the Council Roll call604 for, 37 against, 18 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0241

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

Parliament adopted its position on a proposed Council regulation amending the rules of the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC).

The regulation aims to support setting up and operating AI Gigafactories in Europe, which are large-scale facilities for developing frontier AI models.

Parliament approved the Commission proposal as amended and calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly.

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

Parliament approves the Commission proposal to amend the regulation establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking, as amended. The amended regulation introduces AI Gigafactories and a quantum technologies pillar, increases funding, and sets rules for their operation.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0229(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1173 of 13 July 2021 on establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking and repealing Regulation (EU) 2018/1488

Parliament gave its opinion on 17 December 2025. The Council takes the final decision.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 6 October 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 20 November 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 26 November 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 17 December 2025 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council (to come)

Lead committee: ITRE · Rapporteur: Borys BUDKA (EPP)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

Show 8 connections: Running issue: EU competitiveness · Other decisions of the part-session on ITRE dossiers

Running issue: EU competitiveness

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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/2025-12-17/5
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC)”. Decision, 17 December 2025. votingId 182462, document A-10-2025-0241, reference 2025/0229(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-17/5 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 17 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-17-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 17 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-17-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-17, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-12-17/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-12-17-5,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC)}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-12-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-17/5}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-17/5},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 182462, document A-10-2025-0241, reference 2025/0229(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-17-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-17-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-17 (CC BY 4.0)}
}