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Research Fund for Coal and Steel: research programme and multiannual technical and financial guidelines

Effect
Passed
Result
537 for · 17 against · 83 abstained roll call
Date
19 May 2026, 14:24
Kind
New EU law · Consultation
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0130
Dossier
2025/0398(NLE)
Source
Committee report by Borys Budka
Topics
EU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Final vote
192484
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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: 537 for, 17 against, 83 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; The Left and ESN 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 11Against 2Abst. 30No vote 2 of 45Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.55
GreensFor 45Against 0Abst. 0No vote 8 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 115Against 0Abst. 0No vote 21 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 64Against 0Abst. 0No vote 13 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 162Against 0Abst. 0No vote 21 of 183Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 68Against 2Abst. 4No vote 7 of 81Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.88
PatriotsFor 48Against 8Abst. 26No vote 3 of 85Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.38
ESNFor 10Against 1Abst. 14No vote 2 of 27Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided Cohesion 0.34
No groupFor 14Against 4Abst. 9No 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, 19

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
Austria130610.53
Belgium151420.63
Bulgaria120051.00
Cyprus2004—
Czechia191100.86
Germany63122100.60
Denmark110220.77
Estonia7000—
Spain4111080.68
Finland120120.88
France680850.84
Greece112530.42
Croatia120001.00
Hungary180011.00
Ireland100310.65
Italy49015120.65
Lithuania110001.00
Luxembourg5001—
Latvia8010—
Malta2004—
Netherlands216040.67
Poland463130.88
Portugal160320.76
Romania270061.00
Sweden192000.86
Slovenia7002—
Slovakia120120.88

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
Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ RomaniaGreensSpeeches419 May 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Cristian TERHEŞ RomaniaECRSpeeches118 May 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Kateřina KONEČNÁ CzechiaNo groupSpeeches118 May 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Sebastian TYNKKYNEN FinlandECRSpeeches118 May 2026 (verbatim report, official site) Abstained
Borys BUDKA PolandEPPSpeeches118 May 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For

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
1Final vote on the draft Council decision A10-0130/2026 – Borys Budka – Council draft Roll call537 for, 17 against, 83 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0130

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Parliament approved the Council's draft decision on the Research Fund for Coal and Steel, covering its research programme and technical and financial guidelines.

The decision updates the fund's rules, including a final phase with an increased annual budget to support research calls from 2027 until 2034.

Parliament asks the Council to notify it if the Council intends to depart from the approved text.

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Parliament approves the Council draft decision on the Research Programme of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel, including technical and financial guidelines, and repealing Decisions 2003/77/EC and 2008/376/EC.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0398(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

On the adoption of the Research Programme of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel, on the multiannual technical guidelines for this programme, on the multiannual financial guidelines for managing the assets of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel, and repealing Decisions 2003/77/EC and 2008/376/EC

Parliament gave its opinion on 19 May 2026. The Council takes the final decision.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 9 March 2026 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 6 May 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 7 May 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 19 May 2026 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council (to come)

Lead committee: ITRE · Rapporteur: Borys BUDKA (EPP)

Connections

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

Show 7 connections: Running issue: EU competitiveness · Other decisions of the part-session on ITRE dossiers

Running issue: EU competitiveness

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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/2026-05-19/3
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Research Fund for Coal and Steel: research programme and multiannual technical and financial guidelines”. Decision, 19 May 2026. votingId 192484, document A-10-2026-0130, reference 2025/0398(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-19/3 (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-2026-05-19-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Research Fund for Coal and Steel: research programme and multiannual technical and financial guidelines}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-05-19},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-19/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-19/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 192484, document A-10-2026-0130, reference 2025/0398(NLE). 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)}
}