Decision
Tackling barriers to the single market for defence
- Effect
- Adopted
- Result
- 393 for · 169 against · 67 abstained roll call
- Date
- 11 March 2026, 13:09
- Kind
- Resolution
More facts (9)
- Margin
- by a large majority
- Dossier
- 2025/2143(INI)
- Source
- Committee report by Tobias Cremer
- Topics
- Defence & securityEconomy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
- Votes
- 3 votes · 3 roll calls · 2 amendments
- Requested by
- Patriots (1 roll call)
- Sitting
- Wednesday 11 March 2026
- Final vote
- 186401
Result
The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.
Final vote: 393 for, 169 against, 67 abstained (roll call).
Adopted by a large majority.
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 2 amendments (2 rejected).
Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by The Left, Patriots and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.
Groups
| Group | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Majority line | Clear line | Cohesion | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | For 4 | Against 36 | Abst. 2 | No vote 4 of 46 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 0.79 | |
| Greens | For 46 | Against 0 | Abst. 1 | No vote 6 of 53 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.97 | |
| S&D | For 116 | Against 0 | Abst. 4 | No vote 15 of 135 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.95 | |
| Renew | For 66 | Against 1 | Abst. 2 | No vote 7 of 76 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.93 | |
| EPP | For 156 | Against 4 | Abst. 2 | No vote 22 of 184 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.94 | |
| ECR | For 2 | Against 35 | Abst. 39 | No vote 5 of 81 | Majority line Abstained | Clear line Divided | Cohesion 0.27 | |
| Patriots | For 0 | Against 48 | Abst. 14 | No vote 22 of 84 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 0.66 | |
| ESN | For 0 | Against 25 | Abst. 0 | No vote 3 of 28 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| No group | For 3 | Against 20 | Abst. 3 | No vote 5 of 31 | Majority 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, 34
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.
The Left line Against · 4 voted for, 2 abstained of 42 who voted
Voted for (4)
- Jussi SARAMO Finland
- Li ANDERSSON Finland
- Merja KYLLÖNEN Finland
- Sebastian EVERDING Germany
Abstained (2)
- Anja HAZEKAMP Netherlands
- Ilaria SALIS Italy
Greens line For · 1 abstained of 47 who voted
Abstained (1)
- Jaume ASENS LLODRÀ Spain
S&D line For · 4 abstained of 120 who voted
Abstained (4)
- Alex AGIUS SALIBA Malta
- Daniel ATTARD Malta
- Estelle CEULEMANS Belgium
- Thomas BAJADA Malta
Renew line For · 1 voted against, 2 abstained of 69 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Olivier CHASTEL Belgium
Abstained (2)
- Ciaran MULLOOLY Ireland
- Michael MCNAMARA Ireland
EPP line For · 4 voted against, 2 abstained of 162 who voted
Voted against (4)
- Céline IMART France
- Christophe GOMART France
- François-Xavier BELLAMY France
- Nadine MORANO France
Abstained (2)
- Isabelle LE CALLENNEC France
- Loránt VINCZE Romania
Patriots line Against · 14 abstained of 62 who voted
Abstained (14)
- Antonín STANĚK Czechia
- Auke ZIJLSTRA Netherlands
- Jana NAGYOVÁ Czechia
- Jaroslav BŽOCH Czechia
- Jaroslava POKORNÁ JERMANOVÁ Czechia
- Klara DOSTALOVA Czechia
- Marieke EHLERS Netherlands
- Mieke ANDRIESE Netherlands
- Ondřej KNOTEK Czechia
- Rachel BLOM Netherlands
- Tiago MOREIRA DE SÁ Portugal
- Tomáš KUBÍN Czechia
- Ton DIEPEVEEN Netherlands
- Vilis KRIŠTOPANS Latvia
Countries
The final vote by national delegation.
Votes by country (27 delegations)
| Country | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Cohesion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.55 |
| Belgium | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0.36 |
| Bulgaria | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.54 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Czechia | 6 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0.37 |
| Germany | 67 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0.60 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.79 |
| Estonia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Spain | 36 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0.67 |
| Finland | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.90 |
| France | 23 | 35 | 1 | 22 | 0.39 |
| Greece | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0.25 |
| Croatia | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Hungary | 2 | 7 | 0 | 12 | — |
| Ireland | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0.38 |
| Italy | 32 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 0.16 |
| Lithuania | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.59 |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Latvia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Malta | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Netherlands | 21 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0.55 |
| Poland | 22 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0.28 |
| Portugal | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.71 |
| Romania | 23 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0.69 |
| Sweden | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.61 |
| Slovenia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Slovakia | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0.31 |
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.
Debate speakers and how they voted
| Member | Group | Speeches | Spoke | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberta METSOLA Malta | EPP | Speeches1 | 11 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) | No vote recorded |
| Ewa KOPACZ Poland | EPP | Speeches2 | 10 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
| Andrius KUBILIUS Lithuania | EPP | Speeches2 | 10 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) | Not in office |
| Tobias CREMER Germany | S&D | Speeches2 | 10 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
| Lucia ANNUNZIATA Italy | S&D | Speeches2 | 10 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
| Niels FUGLSANG Denmark | S&D | Speeches1 | 10 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
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All votes on this decision, 3
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 A10-0017/2026 – Tobias Cremer – After § 1 – Am 1 | Roll call | 182 for, 423 against, 21 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Patriots |
| 2 | Amendment 2 to paragraph 18 A10-0017/2026 – Tobias Cremer – § 18 – Am 2 | Roll call | 178 for, 412 against, 30 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Patriots |
| 3 | Final vote — text as a whole A10-0017/2026 – Tobias Cremer – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Roll call | 393 for, 169 against, 67 abstained Adopted |
Roll call requested by Patriots.
Text
The text voted on.
AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source
Parliament adopted a resolution on tackling barriers to the single market for defence, which addresses fragmentation, regulatory hurdles, and underinvestment in the European defence industry.
The resolution calls for deeper reforms to improve cross-border cooperation, interoperability, and competitiveness, noting that defence equipment prices are roughly 30 % higher without full EU-wide cooperation.
It also highlights the need to support small and medium-sized enterprises and to address intellectual property and licensing issues in publicly funded defence research.
AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
The report addresses barriers to a single market for defence, urging action to improve procurement, transfers, and cooperation.
Dossier
Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.
2025/2143(INI) · Own-initiative report
Parliament adopted the text on 11 March 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
Show the 5 steps of the dossier
- Referred to committee · 10 July 2025 (done)
- Committee work · Report adopted 27 January 2026 (done)
- Tabled for plenary · 6 February 2026 (done)
- Plenary vote · Adopted 11 March 2026 (done)
- Parliament’s position · Final (done)
Lead committee: SEDE · Author: Tobias CREMER (S&D)
Connections
What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.
Show 18 connections: Running issue: EU competitiveness · Running issue: EU defence readiness · Other decisions of the part-session on SEDE dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way
Running issue: EU competitiveness
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Running issue: EU defence readiness
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- Decision Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V) New EU law · report by Lucia Yar, Henrik Dahl 16 Sept 2026 Passed
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Other decisions of the part-session on SEDE dossiers
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Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official sources
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2026). “Tackling barriers to the single market for defence”. Decision, 11 March 2026. votingId 186401, document A-10-2026-0017, reference 2025/2143(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-11/11 (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-2026-03-11-11,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Tackling barriers to the single market for defence}},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-03-11},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-11/11}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-11/11},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Decision. votingId 186401, document A-10-2026-0017, reference 2025/2143(INI). 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)}
}