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Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the Renew Group – Reduced US military deployment in Europe

Effect
Adopted
Result
342 for · 65 against · 41 abstained roll call
Date
18 May 2026, 18:15
Kind
Agenda vote
More facts (4)
Margin
by a large majority
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Monday 18 May 2026
Final vote
192715
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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: 342 for, 65 against, 41 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a large majority.

The agenda was changed.

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and Patriots; opposed by The Left and ESN; ECR 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 3Against 32Abst. 0No vote 10 of 45Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.87
GreensFor 42Against 0Abst. 0No vote 11 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 81Against 0Abst. 0No vote 55 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 44Against 0Abst. 0No vote 33 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 111Against 0Abst. 0No vote 72 of 183Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 8Against 2Abst. 34No vote 37 of 81Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.66
PatriotsFor 42Against 10Abst. 6No vote 27 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.59
ESNFor 3Against 10Abst. 0No vote 14 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.65
No groupFor 8Against 11Abst. 1No vote 10 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, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 32

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
Austria114050.60
Belgium122260.63
Bulgaria7109—
Cyprus0006—
Czechia162120.76
Germany40160400.57
Denmark141000.90
Estonia1006—
Spain3048180.57
Finland91050.85
France5281200.78
Greece114060.60
Croatia8004—
Hungary50014—
Ireland30011—
Italy21914320.22
Lithuania6005—
Luxembourg3102—
Latvia4005—
Malta0006—
Netherlands186340.50
Poland23110190.51
Portugal72012—
Romania1202190.79
Sweden152040.82
Slovenia5004—
Slovakia91050.85

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
1Tuesday’s agenda — Request by the Renew Group — Reduced US military deployment in Europe Final vote Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the Renew Group – Reduced US military deployment in Europe Roll call342 for, 65 against, 41 abstained Adopted

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Connections

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Sources & citation

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Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-18/3
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Data source
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the Renew Group – Reduced US military deployment in Europe”. Decision, 18 May 2026. votingId 192715. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-18/3 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 18 May 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-18-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 18 May 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-18-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-18, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-05-18/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-05-18-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the Renew Group – Reduced US military deployment in Europe}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-05-18},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-18/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-18/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 192715. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-18-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-18-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-18 (CC BY 4.0)}
}