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Appointment of the European Chief Prosecutor

Effect
Appointment approved
Result
435 for · 112 against · 46 abstained counted electronically, no names
Date
10 March 2026
Kind
Other decision
More facts (5)
Margin
by a large majority
Topics
Justice, rule of law & rightsEU institutions & Parliament Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 0 roll calls
Sitting
Tuesday 10 March 2026
Final vote
186121
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Result

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Final vote: 435 for, 112 against, 46 abstained (counted electronically, no names).

Appointment approved by a large majority.

Parliament approved the appointment.

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 andrés ritter Final vote Appointment of Andrés Ritter Counted435 for, 112 against, 46 abstained Adopted

Text

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Parliament’s vote records link no text to this decision.

Connections

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-10/12
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Appointment of the European Chief Prosecutor”. Decision, 10 March 2026. votingId 186121. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-10/12 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: 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-2026-03-10-12,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Appointment of the European Chief Prosecutor}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-03-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-10/12}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-10/12},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 186121. Official source: 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)}
}