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Digital assets – challenges for the competitiveness and integrity of the European Union’s financial system

Effect
Adopted
Result
390 for · 86 against · 134 abstained roll call
Date
7 July 2026, 14:00
Kind
Resolution
More facts (8)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0186
Dossier
2025/2208(INI)
Source
Committee report by Johan Van Overtveldt
Topics
Economy & single marketDigital, AI & data Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
4 votes · 1 roll call
Sitting
Tuesday 7 July 2026
Final vote
195275
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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: 390 for, 86 against, 134 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 3 parts of the text voted on separately (1 adopted, 2 rejected).

Backed by S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; opposed by The Left and ESN; Greens and 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 0Against 27Abst. 3No vote 15 of 45Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.85
GreensFor 1Against 0Abst. 46No vote 6 of 53Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.97
S&DFor 106Against 0Abst. 12No vote 17 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.85
RenewFor 67Against 1Abst. 0No vote 10 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
EPPFor 159Against 1Abst. 0No vote 25 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 42Against 5Abst. 19No vote 16 of 82Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.45
PatriotsFor 7Against 14Abst. 50No vote 14 of 85Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.56
ESNFor 0Against 23Abst. 0No vote 4 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 8Against 15Abst. 4No vote 2 of 29Majority 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, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 39

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
Austria105230.38
Belgium112630.37
Bulgaria114020.60
Cyprus4101—
Czechia142140.74
Germany452117130.31
Denmark82410.36
Estonia5011—
Spain418380.68
Finland71430.38
France20534220.36
Greece107220.29
Croatia100110.86
Hungary71850.25
Ireland112010.77
Italy4598140.59
Lithuania8102—
Luxembourg5010—
Latvia7020—
Malta5001—
Netherlands1211620.33
Poland2561390.35
Portugal141240.74
Romania261240.84
Sweden132600.43
Slovenia6012—
Slovakia104010.57

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
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches17 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

All votes on this decision, 4

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
1Vote on text inserted after paragraph 19 Counted339 for, 264 against, 41 abstained Adopted
2Separate vote on paragraph 20 Counted217 for, 352 against, 59 abstained Rejected
3Separate vote on paragraph 21 Counted217 for, 356 against, 57 abstained Rejected
4Final vote — text as a whole A10-0186/2026 – Johan Van Overtveldt – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call390 for, 86 against, 134 abstained Adopted
Show the other 3 votesShow the other 0 votes
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Separate vote on paragraph 20 Counted217 for, 352 against, 59 abstained Rejected
3Separate vote on paragraph 21 Counted217 for, 356 against, 57 abstained Rejected
4Final vote — text as a whole A10-0186/2026 – Johan Van Overtveldt – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call390 for, 86 against, 134 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0186

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

Parliament adopted a resolution on digital assets, covering crypto-assets, stablecoins and tokenised assets, and their impact on the EU financial system.

The text supports a system-wide, activity-based and technologically neutral approach, and calls for effective enforcement of the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR).

It urges the Commission to assess regulating crypto-asset lending, borrowing, staking, non-fungible tokens and decentralised finance under MiCAR.

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AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source

This resolution addresses digital assets and their impact on the EU's financial system, covering crypto-assets, tokenisation, stablecoins, and cross-cutting issues.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2208(INI) · Own-initiative report

Parliament adopted the text on 7 July 2026. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 13 November 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 23 June 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 26 June 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 7 July 2026 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: ECON · Author: Johan VAN OVERTVELDT (ECR)

Connections

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

Show 16 connections: Running issue: EU competitiveness · Other decisions of the part-session on ECON dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: EU competitiveness

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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/2026-07-07/16
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Digital assets – challenges for the competitiveness and integrity of the European Union’s financial system”. Decision, 7 July 2026. votingId 195275, document A-10-2026-0186, reference 2025/2208(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-07/16 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 7 July 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-07-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 7 July 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-07-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-07, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-07-07/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-07-07-16,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Digital assets – challenges for the competitiveness and integrity of the European Union’s financial system}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-07-07},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-07/16}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-07/16},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 195275, document A-10-2026-0186, reference 2025/2208(INI). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-07-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-07-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-07 (CC BY 4.0)}
}