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European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure

Effect
Adopted
Result
471 for · 68 against · 71 abstained roll call
Date
22 January 2026, 12:08–12:12
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0107
Dossier
2025/2007(INI)
Source
Committee report by Sarah Knafo
Topics
Digital, AI & dataEconomy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
23 votes · 13 roll calls · 10 amendments
Requested by
Renew (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 roll call) · Members (1 roll call, 3 split votes, 1 separate vote)
Sitting
Thursday 22 January 2026
Final vote
183177
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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: 471 for, 68 against, 71 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 10 amendments (1 adopted, 9 rejected) and 12 parts of the text voted on separately (12 adopted).

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and ESN; opposed by The Left; Patriots 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 8Against 30Abst. 0No vote 8 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.68
GreensFor 45Against 0Abst. 0No vote 8 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 94Against 1Abst. 2No vote 39 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.95
RenewFor 64Against 0Abst. 0No vote 11 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 170Against 0Abst. 0No vote 17 of 187Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 58Against 4Abst. 5No vote 12 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.80
PatriotsFor 0Against 28Abst. 50No vote 8 of 86Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided Cohesion 0.46
ESNFor 19Against 1Abst. 3No vote 4 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.74
No groupFor 13Against 4Abst. 11No vote 2 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, 24

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
Austria130610.53
Belgium112360.53
Bulgaria130130.89
Cyprus5100—
Czechia811020.29
Germany7446120.82
Denmark102120.65
Estonia7000—
Spain4310070.72
Finland112020.77
France24929190.20
Greece116310.33
Croatia8004—
Hungary39090.63
Ireland112010.77
Italy5870110.84
Lithuania100011.00
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia8010—
Malta4002—
Netherlands236020.69
Poland390590.83
Portugal141240.74
Romania260160.94
Sweden135030.58
Slovenia8001—
Slovakia101310.57

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) For

All votes on this decision, 23

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, adding text after paragraph 3 A10-0107/2025 – Sarah Knafo – After § 3 – Am 1 Roll call426 for, 180 against, 24 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Patriots, Renew
2Paragraph 4 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘open’ and ‘green’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
3Paragraph 4 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “open”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
Show the other 22 votesShow the other 20 votes
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Paragraph 4 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘open’ and ‘green’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
3Paragraph 4 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “open”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Paragraph 4 — part 3 A10-0107/2025 – Sarah Knafo – § 4/3 Part voted on: “green”Roll call426 for, 182 against, 19 abstained AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
5Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 11 A10-0107/2025 – Sarah Knafo – After § 11 – Am 3 Roll call207 for, 406 against, 13 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
6Separate vote on paragraph 25 Show of hands AdoptedRequested byseparate: Members
7Amendment 4 to paragraph 59 A10-0107/2025 – Sarah Knafo – § 59 – Am 4 Roll call130 for, 473 against, 30 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
8Amendment 5 to paragraph 66 A10-0107/2025 – Sarah Knafo – § 66 – Am 5 Roll call175 for, 436 against, 16 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
9Paragraph 91 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘calls on the Commission to make the toolbox binding, specifically with regard to high-risk vendors in critical infrastructure;’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
10Paragraph 91 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
11Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 92 A10-0107/2025 – Sarah Knafo – After § 92 – Am 6 Roll call211 for, 410 against, 10 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
12Separate vote on paragraph 98 A10-0107/2025 – Sarah Knafo – § 98 Roll call459 for, 140 against, 34 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Members
13Amendment 7 to paragraph 103 A10-0107/2025 – Sarah Knafo – § 103 – Am 7 Roll call213 for, 401 against, 18 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
14Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 103 A10-0107/2025 – Sarah Knafo – After § 103 – Am 8 Roll call252 for, 373 against, 6 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
15Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 103 A10-0107/2025 – Sarah Knafo – After § 103 – Am 9 Roll call214 for, 407 against, 10 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
16Paragraph 105 — part 1 of 3 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘open’ and ‘green and’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
17Paragraph 105 — part 2 of 3 Part voted on: “open”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
18Paragraph 105 — part 3 of 3 Part voted on: “green and”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
19Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 115 A10-0107/2025 – Sarah Knafo – After § 115 – Am 10 Roll call186 for, 418 against, 29 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
20Amendment 2 to recital A A10-0107/2025 – Sarah Knafo – Recital A – Am 2 Roll call187 for, 428 against, 15 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
21Separate vote on recital G Show of hands AdoptedRequested byseparate: Members
22Separate vote on recital AT Show of hands AdoptedRequested byseparate: Members
23Final vote — text as a whole A10-0107/2025 – Sarah Knafo – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call471 for, 68 against, 71 abstained Adopted

Roll calls requested by Renew, Patriots, Members · split votes by Members (3) · separate votes by Members.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0107

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

Parliament adopted a resolution on European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure, setting out its position on reducing EU dependence on foreign technologies.

The text calls for boosting private investment in European tech firms, using public procurement to favour European suppliers, and aligning cybersecurity certification with French SecNumCloud standards.

It also urges reforms to encourage strategic mergers and public-private partnerships, aiming to strengthen the EU's digital value chain from research to market.

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

This resolution on European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure calls for reducing strategic dependencies and building EU capacity across the digital value chain, including through a comprehensive risk assessment framework and a European digital public infrastructure base layer.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2007(INI) · Own-initiative report

Parliament adopted the text on 22 January 2026. 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 3 June 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 11 June 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 22 January 2026 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: ITRE · Author: Sarah KNAFO (ESN)

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: EU competitiveness · Running issue: EU economic security · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: EU competitiveness

Running issue: EU economic security

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/2026-01-22/8
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure”. Decision, 22 January 2026. votingId 183177, document A-10-2025-0107, reference 2025/2007(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-01-22/8 (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-2026-01-22-8,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-01-22},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-01-22/8}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-01-22/8},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 183177, document A-10-2025-0107, reference 2025/2007(INI). 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)}
}