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European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law-Making covering 2023 and 2024

Effect
Adopted
Result
493 for · 92 against · 44 abstained roll call
Date
10 March 2026, 13:16
Kind
Resolution
More facts (8)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0020
Dossier
2025/2015(INI)
Source
Committee report by Jörgen Warborn
Topics
EU institutions & Parliament Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Tuesday 10 March 2026
Final vote
186902
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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: 493 for, 92 against, 44 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; opposed by Patriots and ESN; The Left 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 0Against 16Abst. 22No vote 8 of 46Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided Cohesion 0.37
GreensFor 46Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 119Against 2Abst. 1No vote 13 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
RenewFor 69Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 76Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 164Against 0Abst. 0No vote 22 of 186Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 71Against 2Abst. 0No vote 6 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
PatriotsFor 7Against 46Abst. 12No vote 19 of 84Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.56
ESNFor 0Against 23Abst. 2No vote 3 of 28Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.88
No groupFor 17Against 3Abst. 7No 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, 26

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
Austria140600.55
Belgium154210.57
Bulgaria133010.72
Cyprus4011—
Czechia191010.93
Germany63175100.61
Denmark131010.89
Estonia5002—
Spain3770160.76
Finland120300.70
France38260170.39
Greece106320.29
Croatia100021.00
Hungary280110.70
Ireland100310.65
Italy5411650.64
Lithuania91010.85
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia8100—
Malta5001—
Netherlands245110.70
Poland426050.81
Portugal173100.71
Romania280051.00
Sweden172020.84
Slovenia8001—
Slovakia100320.65

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
Jörgen WARBORN SwedenEPPSpeeches49 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Isabella LÖVIN SwedenGreensSpeeches39 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Sophie WILMÈS BelgiumRenewSpeeches29 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI PolandECRSpeeches19 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Kira Marie PETER-HANSEN DenmarkGreensSpeeches19 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
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Debate speakers, continued
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
André ROUGÉ FrancePatriotsSpeeches19 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Billy KELLEHER IrelandRenewSpeeches19 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Salvatore DE MEO ItalyEPPSpeeches19 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Sebastian TYNKKYNEN FinlandECRSpeeches19 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Dainius ŽALIMAS LithuaniaRenewSpeeches19 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Erik KALIŇÁK SlovakiaNo groupSpeeches19 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Michał WAWRYKIEWICZ PolandEPPSpeeches19 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Mario MANTOVANI ItalyECRSpeeches19 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Lara WOLTERS NetherlandsS&DSpeeches19 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR SpainS&DSpeeches19 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For

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
1Final vote on the motion for a resolution A10-0020/2026 – Jörgen Warborn – Motion for a resolution Roll call493 for, 92 against, 44 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0020

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

Parliament adopted a resolution on the EU's regulatory fitness and the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, based on the Commission's 2023 and 2024 annual reports on better law-making.

The resolution calls for improving EU law-making by ensuring legislation is proportionate, clear, and evidence-based, and by addressing the shortcomings of the 'one in, one out' approach.

It also highlights the role of national parliaments in safeguarding subsidiarity and the potential of artificial intelligence to enhance the legislative cycle.

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

This resolution on better law-making for 2023 and 2024 calls for improved subsidiarity and proportionality, more effective impact assessments, and a more ambitious approach to reducing regulatory burdens.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2015(INI) · Own-initiative report

Parliament adopted the text on 10 March 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 28 January 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 10 February 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 10 March 2026 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: JURI · Author: Jörgen WARBORN (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/2026-03-10/5
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law-Making covering 2023 and 2024”. Decision, 10 March 2026. votingId 186902, document A-10-2026-0020, reference 2025/2015(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-10/5 (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-2026-03-10-5,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law-Making covering 2023 and 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-03-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-10/5}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-10/5},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 186902, document A-10-2026-0020, reference 2025/2015(INI). 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)}
}