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Decision

Appointment of the Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank

Effect
Appointment approved
Result
434 for · 169 against · 44 abstained counted electronically, no names
Date
10 February 2026
Kind
Resolution
More facts (8)
Margin
by a large majority
Source
Committee report
Topics
Economy & single marketEU institutions & Parliament Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 0 roll calls
Final vote
184108
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Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 434 for, 169 against, 44 abstained (counted electronically, no names).

Appointment approved by a large majority.

Parliament approved the appointment.

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
Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS SpainEPPSpeeches110 Feb 2026 (verbatim report, official site)no roll call

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
1Appointment of frank elderson Final vote Appointment of Frank Elderson Counted434 for, 169 against, 44 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0008

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Parliament approved the appointment of Frank Elderson as Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank, endorsing the proposal to extend his term.

The decision follows an evaluation of the candidate's credentials and a hearing held by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Parliament will forward its decision to the Council, the Commission, the European Central Bank, and the governments of the member states.

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Parliament approves the appointment of Frank Elderson as Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank for a second term.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0906(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 20 February 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 18 December 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 29 January 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 30 January 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 10 February 2026 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council · 20 February 2026 (done)

Lead committee: ECON · Author: Aurore LALUCQ (S&D)

Connections

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

Show 7 connections: Running issue: Banking Union · Other decisions of the part-session on ECON dossiers

Running issue: Banking Union

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Sources & citation

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

Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Appointment of the Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank”. Decision, 10 February 2026. votingId 184108, document A-10-2026-0008, reference 2025/0906(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-02-10/10 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 10 February 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-02-10-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-02-10, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-02-10/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2026-02-10-10,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Appointment of the Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-02-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-02-10/10}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-02-10/10},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 184108, document A-10-2026-0008, reference 2025/0906(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-02-10-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-02-10 (CC BY 4.0)}
}