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Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law

Effect
Passed
Result
498 for · 90 against · 28 abstained roll call
Date
10 March 2026, 13:11–13:12
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (9)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0126
Dossier
2022/0408(COD)
Source
Committee report by Emil Radev
Topics
Economy & single marketJustice, rule of law & rights Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
19 votes · 5 roll calls
Requested by
Patriots (1 roll call)
Sitting
Tuesday 10 March 2026
Final vote
186380
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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: 498 for, 90 against, 28 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 15 parts of the text voted on separately (15 lapsed).

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

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 34Against 3Abst. 0No vote 9 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.88
GreensFor 45Against 0Abst. 0No vote 8 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 119Against 0Abst. 0No vote 16 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 67Against 1Abst. 0No vote 8 of 76Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
EPPFor 161Against 0Abst. 0No vote 25 of 186Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 52Against 19Abst. 0No vote 8 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.60
PatriotsFor 0Against 42Abst. 23No vote 19 of 84Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.47
ESNFor 0Against 23Abst. 0No vote 5 of 28Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 20Against 2Abst. 5No vote 4 of 31Majority 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, 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, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 23

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
Austria146000.55
Belgium170320.78
Bulgaria133010.72
Cyprus5001—
Czechia121710.40
Germany72121100.77
Denmark112020.77
Estonia5002—
Spain3940170.86
Finland131010.89
France43200180.52
Greece125220.45
Croatia100021.00
Hungary217110.55
Ireland111020.88
Italy4913680.58
Lithuania9002—
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia8100—
Malta5001—
Netherlands255010.75
Poland415160.81
Portugal173010.78
Romania260160.94
Sweden145020.61
Slovenia8001—
Slovakia112020.77

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
Katarina BARLEY GermanyS&DSpeeches110 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Martin HOJSÍK SlovakiaRenewSpeeches29 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Emil RADEV BulgariaEPPSpeeches19 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Sebastian TYNKKYNEN FinlandECRSpeeches19 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) Against
João OLIVEIRA PortugalThe LeftSpeeches19 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) Against
Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR SpainS&DSpeeches19 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For

All votes on this decision, 19

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
1Proposal to vote on amendments A10-0126/2025 – Emil Radev – Proposal to vote on amendments Roll call164 for, 447 against, 7 abstained Rejected
2Final vote on the provisional agreement A10-0126/2025 – Emil Radev – Provisional agreement – Am 201 Roll call498 for, 90 against, 28 abstained Adopted
3Final vote Text as a whole Show of hands Lapsed
Show the other 18 votesShow the other 16 votes
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Final vote on the provisional agreement A10-0126/2025 – Emil Radev – Provisional agreement – Am 201 Roll call498 for, 90 against, 28 abstained Adopted
3Final vote Text as a whole Show of hands Lapsed
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Separate vote on Article 2, paragraph 1, after point a Show of hands Lapsed
5Separate vote on Article 18, paragraph 2 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
6Separate vote on Article 18, paragraph 2 Show of hands Lapsed
7Separate vote on Article 19, after paragraph 2 Show of hands Lapsed
8Separate vote on Article 20, after paragraph 2 Show of hands Lapsed
9Separate vote on Article 22, paragraph 1, after paragraph 1 Show of hands Lapsed
10Separate vote on Article 25, after paragraph 1 Show of hands Lapsed
11Separate vote on Article 26, after paragraph 2 Show of hands Lapsed
12Separate vote on Article 27 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
13Separate vote on Article 27 Show of hands Lapsed
14Vote on text inserted after recital 1 Show of hands Lapsed
15Vote on text inserted after recital 30 Show of hands Lapsed
16Vote on text inserted after recital 31 Show of hands Lapsed
17Vote on text inserted after recital 55 Show of hands Lapsed
18Vote on text inserted after recital 55 Show of hands Lapsed
19Final vote Commission proposal Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed

Roll call requested by Patriots.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0126

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

Parliament adopted its position on a proposed directive harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law across the EU.

The directive aims to make insolvency proceedings more uniform and efficient, protecting businesses and creditors.

Parliament's amendments include strengthening avoidance actions, improving asset tracing, and removing rules on simplified winding-up for microenterprises.

Parliament calls on the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially amends its proposal.

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

Parliament's amended version of the proposed directive harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law sets common rules on avoidance actions, asset tracing, pre-pack proceedings, directors' duties, and creditors' committees.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2022/0408(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 1 April 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 26 January 2023 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 24 June 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 1 July 2025 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 11 December 2025 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 10 March 2026 (done)
  6. Published as law · 1 April 2026 (done)

Lead committee: JURI · Rapporteur: Emil RADEV (EPP)

Connections

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

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Sources & citation

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

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-10/1
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Data source
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Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law”. Decision, 10 March 2026. votingId 186380, document A-10-2025-0126, reference 2022/0408(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-10/1 (retrieved 3 October 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 10 March 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-10-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 10 March 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-10-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-03-10, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-03-10/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-03-10-1,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-03-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-10/1}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-10/1},
  urldate = {2026-10-03},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 186380, document A-10-2025-0126, reference 2022/0408(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-10-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-10-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-03-10 (CC BY 4.0)}
}