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European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs

Effect
Adopted
Result
425 for · 120 against · 96 abstained roll call
Date
17 December 2025, 12:30
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0243
Dossier
2025/2142(INI)
Source
Committee report by Christophe Gomart
Topics
Economy & single marketDefence & security Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
3 votes · 2 roll calls
Requested by
Members (1 roll call, 1 split vote)
Sitting
Wednesday 17 December 2025
Final vote
182510
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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: 425 for, 120 against, 96 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 2 parts of the text voted on separately (2 adopted).

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and Patriots; opposed by The Left and ESN; 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).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 1Against 36Abst. 3No vote 6 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.85
GreensFor 35Against 10Abst. 2No vote 6 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.62
S&DFor 113Against 6Abst. 0No vote 17 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.92
RenewFor 58Against 0Abst. 8No vote 9 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.82
EPPFor 167Against 0Abst. 4No vote 17 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
ECRFor 16Against 0Abst. 57No vote 6 of 79Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.67
PatriotsFor 30Against 25Abst. 22No vote 8 of 85Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.08
ESNFor 2Against 21Abst. 0No vote 4 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.87
No groupFor 3Against 22Abst. 0No 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, 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
Austria126020.50
Belgium93730.21
Bulgaria81170.70
Cyprus2220—
Czechia621210.40
Germany6124470.53
Denmark122010.79
Estonia7000—
Spain416670.66
Finland110220.77
France6111090.77
Greece107220.29
Croatia100200.75
Hungary211080.77
Ireland63230.32
Italy23242450.01
Lithuania100011.00
Luxembourg4110—
Latvia6030—
Malta2301—
Netherlands210820.59
Poland2731850.34
Portugal161040.91
Romania240270.88
Sweden182010.85
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia78000.30

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, 3

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
1Separate vote on paragraph 23 Counted411 for, 211 against, 24 abstained AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
2Paragraph 23 — part 2 A10-0243/2025 – Christophe Gomart – § 23/2 Part voted on: “calls on private financial actors to restrict their exclusions to this consolidated list and to publish their investment policies; proposes that the inclusion in EU financing of actors whose investment policies go beyond this exclusion be reviewed on a case-by-case basis;”Roll call335 for, 243 against, 70 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Members; split: Members
3Final vote — text as a whole A10-0243/2025 – Christophe Gomart – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call425 for, 120 against, 96 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by Members · split votes by Members.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0243

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

Parliament adopted a resolution assessing the EU's defence needs up to 2030, focusing on financing and industrial readiness.

The text calls for closing the defence investment gap and improving access to capital for defence companies, including small firms.

It asks the Commission and member states to address obstacles such as procurement delays and restrictive investment rules.

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

The report assesses EU defence readiness needs for 2030, focusing on financing gaps and investment barriers. It calls for increased, coordinated defence spending, joint procurement, and support for the defence industry, including SMEs.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2142(INI) · Own-initiative report

Parliament adopted the text on 17 December 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 10 July 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 27 November 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 3 December 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 17 December 2025 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: SEDE · Author: Christophe GOMART (EPP)

Connections

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

Show 12 connections: Running issue: EU defence readiness · Other decisions of the part-session on SEDE dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: EU defence readiness

Other decisions of the part-session on SEDE dossiers

  • Decision Military Mobility Resolution · report by Petras Auštrevičius, Roberts Zīle 17 Dec 2025 Adopted
See all: Other decisions of the part-session on SEDE dossiers

Final votes that split the chamber the same way

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/2025-12-17/9
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European Parliament (2025). “European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs”. Decision, 17 December 2025. votingId 182510, document A-10-2025-0243, reference 2025/2142(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-17/9 (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-2025-12-17-9,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-12-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-17/9}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-17/9},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 182510, document A-10-2025-0243, reference 2025/2142(INI). 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)}
}