Decision

Appointment of the Chairperson of the European Securities and Markets Authority

Effect: Appointment approved
Result: 527 for · 52 against · 86 abstained counted electronically, no names
Date: 15 September 2026
Kind: Resolution

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Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-10-2026-0223
Dossier: 2026/0804(NLE)
Source: Committee report
Topics: EU institutions & Parliament Economy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 0 roll calls
Sitting: Tuesday 15 September 2026
Final vote: 195836

Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-10-2026-0223
Dossier: 2026/0804(NLE)
Source: Committee report
Topics: EU institutions & Parliament Economy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 0 roll calls
Sitting: Tuesday 15 September 2026
Final vote: 195836

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Votes on this decision

Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Appointment approved by a large majority.

Parliament approved the appointment.

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.
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Victor NEGRESCU Romania	S&D	Speeches1	15 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	no roll call

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.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
1	Appointment of carlo comporti Final vote Appointment of Carlo Comporti	Counted	527 for, 52 against, 86 abstained Adopted

Text

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Report A-10-2026-0223

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Parliament considered the appointment of Carlo Comporti as Chairperson of the European Securities and Markets Authority, following a shortlist drawn up by the Authority's Board of Supervisors and a Council proposal.

Parliament adopted the decision, meaning it approves the appointment as its official position.

Parliament instructs its President to forward the decision to the Council, the Commission, the European Securities and Markets Authority and the governments of the member states.

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The report concerns the appointment of Carlo Comporti as Chairperson of the European Securities and Markets Authority. Parliament approves the appointment, which the Council proposed on 22 July 2026 for a five-year term.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2026/0804(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Parliament approved the text on 15 September 2026. The Council takes the final decision.

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Referred to committee · 14 September 2026 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 2 September 2026 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 3 September 2026 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 15 September 2026 (done)
Adopted by the Council (to come)

Lead committee: ECON · Author: Aurore LALUCQ (S&D)

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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Sources & citation

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-15/15
Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 15 September 2026 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-15
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Appointment of the Chairperson of the European Securities and Markets Authority”. Decision, 15 September 2026. votingId 195836, document A-10-2026-0223, reference 2026/0804(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-15/15 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 15 September 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-15-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-15, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-09-15/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2026-09-15-15,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Appointment of the Chairperson of the European Securities and Markets Authority}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-15},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-15/15}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-15/15},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 195836, document A-10-2026-0223, reference 2026/0804(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-15-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-15 (CC BY 4.0)}
}