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Increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee

Effect
Passed
Result
441 for · 105 against · 81 abstained roll call
Date
10 March 2026, 13:15
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0221
Dossier
2025/0262(COD)
Source
Committee report by David McAllister, Charles Goerens
Topics
Foreign affairsEU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
6 votes · 3 roll calls
Requested by
ESN (1 roll call)
Sitting
Tuesday 10 March 2026
Final vote
186522
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Cite this page Roll-call results (EP) (opens the official site)
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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: 441 for, 105 against, 81 abstained (roll call).

Passed by a large majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 3 parts of the text voted on separately (3 lapsed).

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; opposed by The Left and ESN; 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 4Against 33Abst. 0No vote 9 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.84
GreensFor 40Against 0Abst. 5No vote 8 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.83
S&DFor 123Against 0Abst. 0No vote 12 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 68Against 0Abst. 0No vote 8 of 76Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 162Against 0Abst. 2No vote 22 of 186Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
ECRFor 32Against 21Abst. 21No vote 5 of 79Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.15
PatriotsFor 7Against 18Abst. 40No vote 19 of 84Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided Cohesion 0.42
ESNFor 0Against 24Abst. 1No vote 3 of 28Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
No groupFor 5Against 9Abst. 12No vote 5 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, 12

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
Belgium165010.64
Bulgaria124010.63
Cyprus2211—
Czechia173010.78
Germany6317690.60
Denmark121110.79
Estonia5002—
Spain3563160.69
Finland141000.90
France32822190.27
Greece108120.29
Croatia100021.00
Hungary217110.55
Ireland103010.65
Italy5511640.65
Lithuania80210.70
Luxembourg5100—
Latvia5310—
Malta5001—
Netherlands216220.59
Poland2342150.22
Portugal172200.71
Romania216150.63
Sweden145020.61
Slovenia8001—
Slovakia52530.13

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

All votes on this decision, 6

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 provisional agreement A10-0221/2025 – David McAllister, Charles Goerens – Provisional agreement – Am 18 Roll call441 for, 105 against, 81 abstained Adopted
2Final vote Text as a whole Show of hands Lapsed
3Separate vote on recital 1 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
Show the other 5 votesShow the other 3 votes
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Final vote Text as a whole Show of hands Lapsed
3Separate vote on recital 1 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Vote on text inserted after recital 2 Show of hands Lapsed
5Separate vote on recital 9 Show of hands Lapsed
6Final vote Commission proposal Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed

Roll call requested by ESN.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0221

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

Parliament adopted its position on a proposed law to make the EU's External Action Guarantee more efficient.

The Guarantee backs loans for development and external action; the changes aim to improve how it is used.

MEPs also asked the Commission to consult Parliament again if it changes the proposal substantially.

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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 regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2021/947 to increase the efficiency of the External Action Guarantee. It sets out conditions for using surpluses and reducing the EIB's guarantee cover, while strengthening transparency, accountability, and alignment with EU objectives.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0262(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/947 as regards increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 4 May 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 19 June 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 5 November 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 10 November 2025 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 25 February 2026 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 10 March 2026 (done)
  6. Published as law · 4 May 2026 (done)

Lead committee: DEVE · Rapporteurs: David MCALLISTER (EPP), Charles GOERENS (Renew)

Connections

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

Show 5 connections: Final votes that split the chamber the same way

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/2026-03-10/3
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee”. Decision, 10 March 2026. votingId 186522, document A-10-2025-0221, reference 2025/0262(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-10/3 (retrieved 25 September 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-2026-03-10-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-03-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-10/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-10/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 186522, document A-10-2025-0221, reference 2025/0262(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)}
}