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Motion of censure on the Commission

Effect
Rejected
Result
165 for · 390 against · 10 abstained roll call
Date
22 January 2026, 12:02
Kind
Resolution
More facts (8)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Motion B-10-2026-0063
Dossier
2026/2002(INS)
Source
Motion for a resolution
Topics
Trade & customsAgriculture, food & fisheries Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Thursday 22 January 2026
Final vote
183538
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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: 165 for, 390 against, 10 abstained (roll call).

Rejected by a large majority.

Parliament rejected the text.

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

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 8Against 0Abst. 3No vote 35 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion —
GreensFor 0Against 43Abst. 0No vote 10 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 2Against 98Abst. 0No vote 36 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.97
RenewFor 2Against 59Abst. 2No vote 12 of 75Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.90
EPPFor 1Against 159Abst. 4No vote 23 of 187Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.95
ECRFor 32Against 27Abst. 1No vote 19 of 79Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.30
PatriotsFor 73Against 0Abst. 0No vote 13 of 86Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 25Against 0Abst. 0No vote 2 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 22Against 4Abst. 0No vote 4 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, 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, 14

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
Austria611030.47
Belgium311080.68
Bulgaria39140.54
Cyprus2202—
Czechia58080.42
Germany22570170.58
Denmark19140.73
Estonia1600—
Spain6380160.80
Finland011041.00
France35300160.31
Greece59070.46
Croatia19020.85
Hungary102090.75
Ireland39110.54
Italy11460190.71
Lithuania28010.70
Luxembourg1500—
Latvia1602—
Malta0402—
Netherlands721120.59
Poland2024090.32
Portugal215040.82
Romania617280.52
Sweden313230.58
Slovenia1422—
Slovakia86010.36

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.

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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
Sabine VERHEYEN GermanyEPPSpeeches122 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Katarina BARLEY GermanyS&DSpeeches219 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site) Against
Lukas MANDL AustriaEPPSpeeches119 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Magdalena ADAMOWICZ PolandEPPSpeeches119 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Patryk JAKI PolandECRSpeeches119 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Manon AUBRY FranceThe LeftSpeeches119 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group No vote recorded
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Debate speakers, continued
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Jean-Paul GARRAUD FrancePatriotsSpeeches119 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Billy KELLEHER IrelandRenewSpeeches119 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group PolandPatriotsSpeeches119 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Kinga GÁL HungaryPatriotsSpeeches119 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Kathleen VAN BREMPT BelgiumS&DSpeeches119 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group No vote recorded
Jeroen LENAERS NetherlandsEPPSpeeches119 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Marie TOUSSAINT FranceGreensSpeeches119 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against

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 on the motion for a resolution B10-0063/2026 – Motion for a resolution Roll call165 for, 390 against, 10 abstained Rejected

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2026-0063

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The motion sought to censure the Commission over its handling of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement and agricultural policy.

Parliament rejected the motion, meaning the Commission keeps its position and no further action follows from this text.

The motion's supporters argued the Commission bypassed parliaments and harmed European farmers.

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This motion of censure on the Commission censures the Commission for concluding the EU-Mercosur Agreement without adequate safeguards for European agriculture and for failing to address farmers' concerns.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2026/2002(INS) · Procedure type INS

Parliament rejected the text on 22 January 2026; no position was adopted.

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  1. Referred to committee (done)
  2. Committee work (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Rejected 22 January 2026 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · No text adopted (done)

Connections

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

Show 17 connections: Running issue: Von der Leyen Commission · Running issue: EU-Mercosur agreement · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Von der Leyen Commission

Running issue: EU-Mercosur agreement

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/2026-01-22/2
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Motion of censure on the Commission”. Decision, 22 January 2026. votingId 183538, document B-10-2026-0063, reference 2026/2002(INS). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-01-22/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 22 January 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-22-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 22 January 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-22-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-22, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-01-22/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-01-22-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Motion of censure on the Commission}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-01-22},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-01-22/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-01-22/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 183538, document B-10-2026-0063, reference 2026/2002(INS). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-22-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-22-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-22 (CC BY 4.0)}
}