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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application

Effect
Passed
Result
458 for · 103 against · 63 abstained roll call
Date
11 March 2026, 12:45–12:48
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0040
Dossier
2025/0429(COD)
Source
Committee report by Birgit Sippel
Topics
Justice, rule of law & rights Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
32 votes · 10 roll calls · 8 amendments
Requested by
Greens (1 roll call) · S&D (1 roll call) · ECR (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 roll call, 1 split vote)
Sitting
Wednesday 11 March 2026
Final vote
186972
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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: 458 for, 103 against, 63 abstained (roll call).

Passed by a large majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

A proposal to reject the whole text was defeated first. Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 8 amendments (5 adopted, 3 rejected) and 21 parts of the text voted on separately (17 rejected, 4 lapsed). Procedural motion adopted: Referral back to committee.

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 25Against 18Abst. 0No vote 3 of 46Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.37
GreensFor 44Against 0Abst. 3No vote 6 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.90
S&DFor 113Against 2Abst. 1No vote 19 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
RenewFor 54Against 11Abst. 4No vote 7 of 76Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.67
EPPFor 155Against 1Abst. 7No vote 21 of 184Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
ECRFor 40Against 9Abst. 24No vote 8 of 81Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.32
PatriotsFor 22Against 25Abst. 14No vote 23 of 84Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.11
ESNFor 1Against 16Abst. 8No vote 3 of 28Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.46
No groupFor 4Against 21Abst. 2No 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, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 29

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
Austria128000.40
Belgium162310.64
Bulgaria82430.36
Cyprus3102—
Czechia413220.53
Germany6423440.55
Denmark114000.60
Estonia4201—
Spain4250130.84
Finland132000.80
France5800231.00
Greece117120.37
Croatia7005—
Hungary70212—
Ireland120021.00
Italy3492940.21
Lithuania100100.86
Luxembourg5100—
Latvia8100—
Malta5001—
Netherlands235210.65
Poland402470.80
Portugal146010.55
Romania251250.84
Sweden142320.61
Slovenia7011—
Slovakia17520.31

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
Tomas TOBÉ SwedenEPPSpeeches29 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Sophie WILMÈS BelgiumRenewSpeeches29 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Manon AUBRY FranceThe LeftSpeeches19 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Carlo FIDANZA ItalyECRSpeeches19 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) Abstained
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches47 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Mary KHAN GermanyESNSpeeches17 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) Against
Birgit SIPPEL GermanyS&DSpeeches226 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Javier ZARZALEJOS SpainEPPSpeeches111 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For

All votes on this decision, 32

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 reject the text A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Proposal for rejection Roll call172 for, 435 against, 14 abstained Rejected
2Amendment 1, adding text before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – Am 1 Roll call540 for, 21 against, 60 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: S&D
3Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232 Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a Show of hands Lapsed
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Amendment 1, adding text before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – Am 1 Roll call540 for, 21 against, 60 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: S&D
3Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232 Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a Show of hands Lapsed
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232 Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a Show of hands Lapsed
5Amendment 5, adding text before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – Am 5 Roll call235 for, 203 against, 174 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Greens
6Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232 Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a Show of hands Lapsed
7Amendment 2, adding text before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 — part 1 A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – Am 2/1 Part voted on: “the technologies used for the purpose set out in point (a)(i) of this paragraph are in accordance with the state of the art in the industry and are the least privacy-intrusive, including with regard to the principle of data protection by design and by default laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and, to the extent that they are used to scan text in communications, they are not able to deduce the substance of the content of the communications but are solely able to detect patterns which point to possible online child sexual abuse,”Roll call469 for, 77 against, 70 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: S&D, Patriots; split: Patriots
8Amendment 2, adding text before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 — part 2 A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – Am 2/2 Part voted on: “and, where such technologies are used for the detection of solicitation of children or previously unidentified online child sexual abuse material, such use shall be limited to cases where the provider has received a concrete report or notification from a user, a trusted flagger, or an organisation acting in the public interest against child sexual abuse concerning a specific communication, account or interaction indicating a reasonable suspicion of online child sexual abuse, and the detection shall be strictly limited to what is necessary in relation to that reported case.”Roll call334 for, 251 against, 25 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: S&D, Patriots; split: Patriots
9Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232 Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b Show of hands Lapsed
10Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232 Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d Show of hands Rejected
11Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232 Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e Show of hands Rejected
12Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232 Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f Show of hands Rejected
13Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232 Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g Show of hands Rejected
14Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232 Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g Show of hands Rejected
15Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232 Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h Show of hands Rejected
16Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232 Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h Show of hands Rejected
17Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232 Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point j Show of hands Rejected
18Separate vote on Article 1, before paragraph 1 Show of hands Rejected
19Amendment 3 to Article 1 A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Article 1 – paragraph 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 10 – Am 3 Roll call488 for, 92 against, 45 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: S&D
20Separate vote on recital 3 Show of hands Rejected
21Vote on text inserted after recital 3 Show of hands Rejected
22Vote on text inserted after recital 3 Show of hands Rejected
23Amendment 10, adding text after recital 3 A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – After recital 3 – Am 10 Roll call195 for, 424 against, 8 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
24Vote on text inserted after recital 3 Show of hands Rejected
25Vote on text inserted after recital 3 Show of hands Rejected
26Vote on text inserted after recital 3 Show of hands Rejected
27Amendment 18, adding text after recital 4 A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – After recital 4 – Am 18 Roll call270 for, 325 against, 9 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ECR
28Separate vote on recital 5 Show of hands Rejected
29Amendment 12, adding text after recital 5 A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – After recital 5 – Am 12 Roll call201 for, 413 against, 9 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
30Vote on text inserted after recital 7 Show of hands Rejected
31Final vote A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Commission proposal Roll call458 for, 103 against, 63 abstained Adopted
32Referral back to committee Request for referral back Show of hands Adopted

Roll calls requested by Greens, S&D, ECR, Patriots · split votes by Patriots.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0040

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Parliament voted on a proposal to extend the application period of Regulation (EU) 2021/1232, which concerns a specific EU law.

It rejected the Commission's proposal and called on the Commission to withdraw it.

Parliament will forward its position to the Council, the Commission, and national parliaments.

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Parliament rejects the Commission proposal to extend Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 and calls on the Commission to withdraw it.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0429(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 28 July 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 6 July 2026 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 2 March 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 3 March 2026 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Trilogue 16 March 2026 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Rejected 9 July 2026 (done)
  6. Published as law · 28 July 2026 (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteur: Birgit SIPPEL (S&D)

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Connections

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Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

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

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-11/1
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application”. Decision, 11 March 2026. votingId 186972, document A-10-2026-0040, reference 2025/0429(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-11/1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 11 March 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-11-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 11 March 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-11-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-03-11, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-03-11/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-03-11-1,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-03-11},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-11/1}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-11/1},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 186972, document A-10-2026-0040, reference 2025/0429(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-11-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-11-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-03-11 (CC BY 4.0)}
}