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Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure

Effect
Adopted
Result
470 for · 129 against · 62 abstained roll call
Date
16 September 2026, 14:23–14:25
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0212
Dossier
2026/2024(INI)
Source
Committee report by Rasa Juknevičienė
Topics
Foreign affairsDefence & security Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
13 votes · 8 roll calls · 7 amendments
Requested by
Patriots (1 roll call)
Sitting
Wednesday 16 September 2026
Final vote
196176
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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: 470 for, 129 against, 62 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 7 amendments (7 rejected) and 5 parts of the text voted on separately (5 adopted).

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; opposed by The Left, Patriots 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 9Against 23Abst. 5No vote 7 of 44Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.43
GreensFor 37Against 0Abst. 11No vote 5 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.66
S&DFor 122Against 2Abst. 4No vote 7 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
RenewFor 70Against 0Abst. 2No vote 6 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
EPPFor 171Against 0Abst. 1No vote 12 of 184Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 54Against 6Abst. 15No vote 9 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.58
PatriotsFor 3Against 54Abst. 20No vote 7 of 84Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.55
ESNFor 1Against 24Abst. 0No vote 2 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
No groupFor 3Against 20Abst. 4No vote 1 of 28Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Voted against their group, 65

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
Belgium154210.57
Bulgaria113030.68
Cyprus4110—
Czechia103530.33
Germany6722150.62
Denmark120120.88
Estonia6001—
Spain454920.66
Finland110130.88
France2940570.31
Greece146010.55
Croatia120001.00
Hungary811010.37
Ireland4226—
Italy4991170.57
Lithuania110001.00
Luxembourg5010—
Latvia9000—
Malta2031—
Netherlands256000.71
Poland3241430.46
Portugal171120.84
Romania231180.88
Sweden190200.86
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia76200.20

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, 13

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
1Separate vote on paragraph 26 Show of hands Adopted
2Separate vote on paragraph 31 Show of hands Adopted
3Amendment 7 to paragraph 35 A10-0212/2026 – Rasa Juknevičienė – § 35 – Am 7 Roll call231 for, 426 against, 9 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
Show the other 12 votesShow the other 10 votes
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Separate vote on paragraph 31 Show of hands Adopted
3Amendment 7 to paragraph 35 A10-0212/2026 – Rasa Juknevičienė – § 35 – Am 7 Roll call231 for, 426 against, 9 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Amendment 8 to paragraph 56 A10-0212/2026 – Rasa Juknevičienė – § 56 – Am 8 Roll call216 for, 439 against, 8 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
5Amendment 9 to paragraph 64 A10-0212/2026 – Rasa Juknevičienė – § 64 – Am 9 Roll call205 for, 442 against, 10 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
6Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 64 A10-0212/2026 – Rasa Juknevičienė – After § 64 – Am 10 Roll call175 for, 438 against, 50 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
7Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 64 A10-0212/2026 – Rasa Juknevičienė – After § 64 – Am 11 Roll call220 for, 432 against, 6 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
8Vote on text inserted after paragraph 64 Counted435 for, 209 against, 13 abstained Adopted
9Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 64 A10-0212/2026 – Rasa Juknevičienė – After § 64 – Am 12 Roll call218 for, 434 against, 4 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
10Vote on text inserted after citation 30 Show of hands Adopted
11Vote on text inserted after recital D Show of hands Adopted
12Amendment 6, adding text after recital F A10-0212/2026 – Rasa Juknevičienė – After recital F – Am 6 Roll call213 for, 426 against, 20 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
13Final vote — text as a whole A10-0212/2026 – Rasa Juknevičienė – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call470 for, 129 against, 62 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by Patriots.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0212

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

Parliament adopted a report on hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU's territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure.

The report describes hybrid attacks such as drone incursions, airspace violations, sabotage of undersea cables and energy infrastructure, cyberattacks, GPS jamming and foreign information manipulation and interference.

By adopting the text, Parliament made it its official position, calling for a shift from a reactive to a proactive posture and for a cross-domain action plan against hybrid warfare.

It also asks for increased intelligence sharing, a dedicated sanctions framework for hybrid threats, and closer cooperation with NATO and partners such as Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia and the Western Balkans.

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

Parliament's resolution on hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU's territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure states that hybrid acts can amount to warfare and calls for a proactive EU response.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2026/2024(INI) · Own-initiative report

Parliament adopted the text on 16 September 2026. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 12 March 2026 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 15 July 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 20 July 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 16 September 2026 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: SEDE · Author: Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ (EPP)

Connections

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

Show 23 connections: Running issue: Hybrid warfare against EU · Running issue: Russia's war against Ukraine · Running issue: EU defence and security partnerships · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Hybrid warfare against EU

Running issue: Russia's war against Ukraine

Running issue: EU defence and security partnerships

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

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure”. Decision, 16 September 2026. votingId 196176, document A-10-2026-0212, reference 2026/2024(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/16 (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-2026-09-16-16,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/16}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/16},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 196176, document A-10-2026-0212, reference 2026/2024(INI). 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)}
}