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Simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and simplification of security and defence procurement (Omnibus V)

Effect
Passed
Result
549 for · 92 against · 27 abstained roll call
Date
16 September 2026, 14:11
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (9)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0275
Dossier
2025/0177(COD)
Source
Committee report by Pekka Toveri, Anna-Maja Henriksson
Topics
Economy & single marketDefence & security Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
7 votes · 4 roll calls
Requested by
ESN (1 roll call)
Sitting
Wednesday 16 September 2026
Final vote
196116
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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: 549 for, 92 against, 27 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 3 parts of the text voted on separately (3 lapsed).

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; opposed by The Left and ESN.

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 6Against 32Abst. 2No vote 4 of 44Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.70
GreensFor 39Against 8Abst. 2No vote 4 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.69
S&DFor 121Against 3Abst. 3No vote 8 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
RenewFor 72Against 0Abst. 1No vote 5 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
EPPFor 174Against 0Abst. 0No vote 10 of 184Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 72Against 2Abst. 2No vote 8 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.92
PatriotsFor 61Against 6Abst. 10No vote 7 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.69
ESNFor 0Against 24Abst. 1No vote 2 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
No groupFor 4Against 17Abst. 6No vote 1 of 28Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Voted against their group, 46

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
Austria146000.55
Belgium142420.55
Bulgaria133010.72
Cyprus4110—
Czechia162030.83
Germany6723050.62
Denmark130021.00
Estonia6001—
Spain498120.77
Finland140011.00
France679050.82
Greece125400.36
Croatia120001.00
Hungary181010.92
Ireland5315—
Italy4617760.49
Lithuania100100.86
Luxembourg5100—
Latvia9000—
Malta2031—
Netherlands300100.95
Poland453050.91
Portugal182010.85
Romania242070.88
Sweden210001.00
Slovenia8001—
Slovakia74400.20

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
Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS SpainEPPSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

All votes on this decision, 7

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 A10-0275/2025 – Pekka Toveri, Anna-Maja Henriksson – Provisional agreement – Am 69 Roll call549 for, 92 against, 27 abstained Adopted
2Parliament and Council statement Show of hands Adopted
3Final vote Text as a whole Show of hands Lapsed
Show the other 6 votesShow the other 4 votes
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Parliament and Council statement Show of hands Adopted
3Final vote Text as a whole Show of hands Lapsed
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Separate vote on recital 1 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
5Separate vote on recital 1 Show of hands Lapsed
6Vote on text inserted after recital 1 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
7Final vote Commission proposal Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed

Roll call requested by ESN.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0275

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Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a directive amending Directives 2009/43/EC and 2009/81/EC on intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and on security and defence procurement.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0177(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Directives 2009/43/EC and 2009/81/EC, as regards the simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and the simplification of security and defence procurement

Parliament approved the text agreed with the Council on 16 September 2026. The Council must now adopt it formally before it is published as law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 10 July 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 15 December 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 22 December 2025 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 24 June 2026 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 16 September 2026 (done)
  6. Published as law (to come)

Lead committee: IMCO · Rapporteurs: Pekka TOVERI (EPP), Anna-Maja HENRIKSSON (Renew)

Connections

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

Show 32 connections: Running issue: Omnibus simplification package · Running issue: EU defence readiness · Running issue: EU competitiveness · Running issue: EU economic security · Other decisions of the part-session on IMCO dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Omnibus simplification package

Running issue: EU defence readiness

Running issue: EU competitiveness

Running issue: EU economic security

Other decisions of the part-session on IMCO dossiers

See all: Other decisions of the part-session on IMCO dossiers

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/2026-09-16/1
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and simplification of security and defence procurement (Omnibus V)”. Decision, 16 September 2026. votingId 196116, document A-10-2025-0275, reference 2025/0177(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 16 September 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-16-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 16 September 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-16-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-16, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-09-16/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-09-16-1,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and simplification of security and defence procurement (Omnibus V)}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/1}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/1},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 196116, document A-10-2025-0275, reference 2025/0177(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-16-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-16-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-16 (CC BY 4.0)}
}