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Extension of the term of office of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield

Effect
Adopted
Result
422 for · 202 against · 9 abstained roll call
Date
28 April 2026, 13:08
Kind
Other decision
More facts (6)
Margin
by a large majority
Topics
EU institutions & ParliamentJustice, rule of law & rights Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Requested by
Patriots (1 roll call)
Sitting
Tuesday 28 April 2026
Final vote
191728
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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: 422 for, 202 against, 9 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a large majority.

Adopted.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by ECR, 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 21Against 14Abst. 2No vote 9 of 46Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.35
GreensFor 44Against 0Abst. 2No vote 7 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
S&DFor 119Against 0Abst. 1No vote 15 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
RenewFor 69Against 0Abst. 0No vote 8 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 163Against 0Abst. 1No vote 21 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 2Against 69Abst. 1No vote 9 of 81Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
PatriotsFor 0Against 72Abst. 1No vote 12 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.98
ESNFor 1Against 24Abst. 0No vote 2 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
No groupFor 3Against 23Abst. 1No vote 3 of 30Majority 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, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 9

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
Austria136010.53
Belgium136120.47
Bulgaria103040.65
Cyprus5100—
Czechia613020.53
Germany6222480.56
Denmark132000.80
Estonia6100—
Spain439080.74
Finland130021.00
France4131180.34
Greece109020.29
Croatia91020.85
Hungary68070.36
Ireland130011.00
Italy31331110.26
Lithuania83000.59
Luxembourg5100—
Latvia4302—
Malta3003—
Netherlands199030.52
Poland2422070.28
Portugal173010.78
Romania196170.60
Sweden163020.76
Slovenia8010—
Slovakia57030.38

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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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
1Extension of the term of office of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Final vote Roll call422 for, 202 against, 9 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by Patriots.

Text

The text voted on.

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

Connections

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

Show 17 connections: Running issue: Rule of law in EU · Running issue: Transnational repression · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Rule of law in EU

Running issue: Transnational repression

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/2026-04-28/22
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Extension of the term of office of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield”. Decision, 28 April 2026. votingId 191728. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-28/22 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 28 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 28 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-28, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-04-28/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-04-28-22,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Extension of the term of office of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-04-28},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-28/22}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-28/22},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 191728. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-28 (CC BY 4.0)}
}