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An EU cardiovascular diseases strategy

Effect
Adopted
Result
545 for · 47 against · 75 abstained roll call
Date
16 September 2026, 14:26
Kind
Resolution
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0221
Dossier
2025/2132(INI)
Source
Committee report by Romana Jerković
Topics
Health Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 16 September 2026
Final vote
196162
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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: 545 for, 47 against, 75 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; opposed by ESN; 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 39Against 1Abst. 0No vote 4 of 44Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
GreensFor 50Against 0Abst. 0No vote 3 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 129Against 0Abst. 0No vote 6 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 68Against 0Abst. 4No vote 6 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.92
EPPFor 172Against 1Abst. 0No vote 11 of 184Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 51Against 13Abst. 13No vote 7 of 84Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.49
PatriotsFor 15Against 7Abst. 54No vote 8 of 84Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.57
ESNFor 0Against 20Abst. 3No vote 4 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.80
No groupFor 21Against 5Abst. 1No vote 1 of 28Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Voted against their group, 31

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
Belgium180310.79
Bulgaria143000.74
Cyprus6000—
Czechia141240.74
Germany7611440.75
Denmark111120.77
Estonia5011—
Spain500640.84
Finland111030.88
France4442940.36
Greece165000.64
Croatia110100.88
Hungary180110.92
Ireland8006—
Italy611680.85
Lithuania100011.00
Luxembourg5100—
Latvia8010—
Malta5001—
Netherlands241600.66
Poland3551030.55
Portugal190110.93
Romania261060.94
Sweden154200.57
Slovenia8010—
Slovakia132000.80

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
Romana JERKOVIĆ CroatiaS&DSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS SpainEPPSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

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 motion for a resolution A10-0221/2026 – Romana Jerković – Motion for a resolution Roll call545 for, 47 against, 75 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0221

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Parliament adopted a resolution on an EU cardiovascular diseases strategy, setting out its position on the priorities, implementation and governance of the European Commission's Safe Hearts Plan.

The resolution addresses cardiovascular diseases, which remain the leading cause of death in the EU, and the modifiable risk factors behind most cardiovascular deaths, such as tobacco use, harmful alcohol consumption, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity and environmental exposures.

By adopting the text, Parliament made it its official position, supporting the implementation of the European Cardiovascular Health Plan and stressing prevention, early intervention and cross-sectoral action.

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Parliament's resolution on an EU cardiovascular diseases strategy responds to the Commission's Safe Hearts Plan and sets out priorities on prevention, early detection, treatment, primary care, multimorbidity, inequalities, digital health, research and governance.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2132(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 · 10 July 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 24 June 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 31 August 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 16 September 2026 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: SANT · Author: Romana JERKOVIĆ (S&D)

Connections

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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/2026-09-16/17
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “An EU cardiovascular diseases strategy”. Decision, 16 September 2026. votingId 196162, document A-10-2026-0221, reference 2025/2132(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/17 (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-2026-09-16-17,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{An EU cardiovascular diseases strategy}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/17}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/17},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 196162, document A-10-2026-0221, reference 2025/2132(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)}
}