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Screening of foreign investments in the Union

Effect
Passed
Result
508 for · 64 against · 90 abstained roll call
Date
19 May 2026, 14:23
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (8)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0061
Dossier
2024/0017(COD)
Source
Committee report by Raphaël Glucksmann
Topics
Economy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
2 votes · 1 roll call
Sitting
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Final vote
192436
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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: 508 for, 64 against, 90 abstained (roll call).

Passed by a large majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; opposed by ESN; Patriots 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 32Against 2Abst. 9No vote 2 of 45Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.62
GreensFor 46Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 125Against 0Abst. 1No vote 10 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
RenewFor 71Against 0Abst. 0No vote 6 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 164Against 0Abst. 1No vote 18 of 183Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 54Against 3Abst. 18No vote 6 of 81Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.58
PatriotsFor 7Against 26Abst. 50No vote 2 of 85Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided Cohesion 0.40
ESNFor 0Against 23Abst. 3No vote 1 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.83
No groupFor 9Against 10Abst. 8No 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, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 37

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
Belgium173110.71
Bulgaria112040.77
Cyprus2004—
Czechia172200.71
Germany7214460.70
Denmark141000.90
Estonia6010—
Spain461670.80
Finland141000.90
France4503240.38
Greece115230.42
Croatia120001.00
Hungary511210.50
Ireland140001.00
Italy517990.64
Lithuania100100.86
Luxembourg4101—
Latvia8100—
Malta2004—
Netherlands256000.71
Poland3051710.37
Portugal182100.79
Romania270150.95
Sweden210001.00
Slovenia7002—
Slovakia66120.19

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
Raphaël GLUCKSMANN FranceS&DSpeeches219 May 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ RomaniaGreensSpeeches119 May 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Javi LÓPEZ SpainS&DSpeeches18 May 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

All votes on this decision, 2

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 provisional agreement A10-0061/2025 – Raphaël Glucksmann – Provisional agreement – Am 299 Roll call508 for, 64 against, 90 abstained Adopted
2Joint statement by Parliament and the Commission Show of hands Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0061

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

Parliament adopted its position on a proposed EU law to screen foreign investments in the Union, replacing the current regulation.

The law sets common rules for member states to review foreign investments that could affect security or public order.

Parliament asks the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially changes its proposal.

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Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation on screening foreign investments sets up a Union framework for Member States to screen foreign investments on grounds of security or public order, including economic security, and a cooperation mechanism for Member States and the Commission.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/0017(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

The screening of foreign investments in the Union and repealing Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 26 June 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 25 April 2024 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 8 April 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 10 April 2025 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 24 February 2026 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 19 May 2026 (done)
  6. Published as law · 26 June 2026 (done)

Lead committee: INTA · Rapporteur: Raphaël GLUCKSMANN (S&D)

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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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Running issue: EU economic security

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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/2026-05-19/2
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Data source
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Screening of foreign investments in the Union”. Decision, 19 May 2026. votingId 192436, document A-10-2025-0061, reference 2024/0017(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-19/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 19 May 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-19-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 19 May 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-19-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-19, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-05-19/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-05-19-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Screening of foreign investments in the Union}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-05-19},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-19/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-19/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 192436, document A-10-2025-0061, reference 2024/0017(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-19-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-19-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-19 (CC BY 4.0)}
}