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Decarbonisation and modernisation of EU fisheries, and the development and deployment of fishing gear

Effect
Adopted
Result
450 for · 93 against · 37 abstained roll call
Date
18 December 2025, 12:18–12:20
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0236
Dossier
2024/2123(INI)
Source
Committee report by Ton Diepeveen
Topics
Agriculture, food & fisheriesClimate & environment Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
8 votes · 7 roll calls · 6 amendments
Requested by
S&D (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 roll call)
Sitting
Thursday 18 December 2025
Final vote
182388
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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: 450 for, 93 against, 37 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 6 amendments (6 rejected) and 1 part of the text voted on separately (1 rejected).

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

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 6Against 29Abst. 2No vote 9 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.68
GreensFor 2Against 40Abst. 0No vote 11 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.93
S&DFor 89Against 5Abst. 4No vote 38 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.86
RenewFor 58Against 0Abst. 2No vote 15 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.95
EPPFor 150Against 1Abst. 0No vote 37 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 44Against 8Abst. 15No vote 12 of 79Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.49
PatriotsFor 74Against 0Abst. 2No vote 9 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
ESNFor 20Against 0Abst. 4No vote 3 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.75
No groupFor 7Against 10Abst. 8No 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, 28

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
Austria153020.75
Belgium134050.65
Bulgaria120051.00
Cyprus4011—
Czechia154110.63
Germany63166110.61
Denmark113010.68
Estonia7000—
Spain4422120.88
Finland55050.25
France46122210.65
Greece103080.65
Croatia101010.86
Hungary140071.00
Ireland91040.85
Italy48110170.72
Lithuania100011.00
Luxembourg4200—
Latvia8100—
Malta3003—
Netherlands189040.50
Poland2521970.32
Portugal180031.00
Romania1610160.91
Sweden87420.13
Slovenia8100—
Slovakia65220.19

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
Sophie WILMÈS BelgiumRenewSpeeches118 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Ton DIEPEVEEN NetherlandsPatriotsSpeeches118 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For

All votes on this decision, 8

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 to paragraph 1 A10-0236/2025 – Ton Diepeveen – § 1 – Am 1 Roll call217 for, 365 against, 1 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: S&D
2Vote on text inserted after paragraph 4 Show of hands Rejected
3Amendment 3 to paragraph 8 A10-0236/2025 – Ton Diepeveen – § 8 – Am 3 Roll call196 for, 367 against, 19 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: S&D
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Vote on text inserted after paragraph 4 Show of hands Rejected
3Amendment 3 to paragraph 8 A10-0236/2025 – Ton Diepeveen – § 8 – Am 3 Roll call196 for, 367 against, 19 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: S&D
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Amendment 4 to paragraph 42 A10-0236/2025 – Ton Diepeveen – § 42 – Am 4 Roll call227 for, 348 against, 4 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: S&D, Patriots
5Amendment 5 to paragraph 46 A10-0236/2025 – Ton Diepeveen – § 46 – Am 5 Roll call227 for, 346 against, 8 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: S&D
6Amendment 6 to paragraph 61 A10-0236/2025 – Ton Diepeveen – § 61 – Am 6 Roll call204 for, 359 against, 13 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: S&D
7Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 77 A10-0236/2025 – Ton Diepeveen – After § 77 – Am 7 Roll call219 for, 337 against, 24 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
8Final vote — text as a whole A10-0236/2025 – Ton Diepeveen – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call450 for, 93 against, 37 abstained Adopted

Roll calls requested by S&D, Patriots.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0236

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

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on decarbonising and modernising EU fisheries and on developing and deploying fishing gear.

The text calls for a balanced transition that reflects realities at sea, supports innovation from within the sector, and avoids disproportionate impacts on fishers.

It urges the European Commission to revise outdated rules, improve access to funding, and establish clear definitions and faster approval for innovative fishing gear.

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

Parliament's resolution on decarbonising and modernising EU fisheries calls for a realistic, phased transition that supports all fleet segments, especially small-scale fishers, and urges changes to EU funding and capacity rules.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/2123(INI) · Own-initiative report

Parliament adopted the text on 18 December 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 23 January 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 11 November 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 20 November 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 18 December 2025 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: PECH · Author: Ton DIEPEVEEN (Patriots)

Connections

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

Show 11 connections: Running issue: Common Fisheries Policy · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Common Fisheries Policy

Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-18/6
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Decarbonisation and modernisation of EU fisheries, and the development and deployment of fishing gear”. Decision, 18 December 2025. votingId 182388, document A-10-2025-0236, reference 2024/2123(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-18/6 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 18 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-18-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 18 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-18-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-18, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-12-18/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-12-18-6,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Decarbonisation and modernisation of EU fisheries, and the development and deployment of fishing gear}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-12-18},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-18/6}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-18/6},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 182388, document A-10-2025-0236, reference 2024/2123(INI). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-18-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-18-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-18 (CC BY 4.0)}
}