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Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V)

Effect
Passed
Result
530 for · 125 against · 12 abstained roll call
Date
16 September 2026, 14:12
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0273
Dossier
2025/0176(COD)
Source
Committee report by Sven Mikser, Pierfrancesco Maran, Aura Salla
Topics
Foreign affairsDefence & securityEconomy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
2 votes · 2 roll calls
Requested by
The Left (1 roll call)
Sitting
Wednesday 16 September 2026
Final vote
196161
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Cite this page Roll-call results (EP) (opens the official site)
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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: 530 for, 125 against, 12 abstained (roll call).

Passed by a large majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

A proposal to reject the whole text was defeated first.

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 1Against 39Abst. 1No vote 3 of 44Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.93
GreensFor 34Against 13Abst. 1No vote 5 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.56
S&DFor 121Against 2Abst. 2No vote 10 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.95
RenewFor 71Against 1Abst. 1No vote 5 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
EPPFor 173Against 2Abst. 0No vote 9 of 184Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
ECRFor 73Against 2Abst. 1No vote 8 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.94
PatriotsFor 50Against 23Abst. 4No vote 7 of 84Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.47
ESNFor 1Against 24Abst. 0No vote 2 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
No groupFor 6Against 19Abst. 2No vote 1 of 28Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Voted against their group, 28

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
Belgium132430.53
Bulgaria134000.65
Cyprus4110—
Czechia153030.75
Germany6723140.60
Denmark121020.88
Estonia6001—
Spain498030.79
Finland122010.79
France6312060.76
Greece128100.36
Croatia120001.00
Hungary811010.37
Ireland5315—
Italy4524070.48
Lithuania101000.86
Luxembourg4200—
Latvia9000—
Malta2022—
Netherlands301000.95
Poland443150.88
Portugal173010.78
Romania251160.89
Sweden192000.86
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia114000.60

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, 2

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
1Proposal to reject the text A10-0273/2025 – Sven Mikser, Pierfrancesco Maran, Aura Salla – Proposal for rejection – Am 2 Roll call102 for, 543 against, 17 abstained Rejected
2Final vote on the provisional agreement A10-0273/2025 – Sven Mikser, Pierfrancesco Maran, Aura Salla – Provisional agreement – Am 3 Roll call530 for, 125 against, 12 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by The Left.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0273

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

Parliament set out its position on a proposed regulation that amends several existing EU laws on chemicals so as to remove regulatory and administrative burdens for defence readiness and speed up approval and authorisation procedures for the defence industry.

Parliament adopted its position at first reading, which means MEPs have agreed where Parliament stands on the proposal; it usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.

Parliament calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal, and instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

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

Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal amending five EU regulations on chemicals and the European Defence Fund (EDF) for defence readiness. It broadens national defence exemptions from the REACH, CLP and Biocidal Products Regulations, and eases reporting under the Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulation.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0176(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EC) No 1272/2008, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2019/1021 and (EU) 2021/697 as regards defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for defence industry

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 · 19 December 2025 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 25 June 2026 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 16 September 2026 (done)
  6. Published as law (to come)

Lead committee: ENVI · Rapporteurs: Sven MIKSER (S&D), Pierfrancesco MARAN (S&D), Aura SALLA (EPP)

Connections

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

Show 37 connections: Running issue: EU defence readiness · Running issue: EU competitiveness · Running issue: EU economic security · Running issue: Omnibus simplification package · Other decisions of the part-session on ENVI dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: EU defence readiness

Running issue: EU competitiveness

Running issue: EU economic security

Running issue: Omnibus simplification package

Other decisions of the part-session on ENVI dossiers

See all: Other decisions of the part-session on ENVI 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/2026-09-16/3
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V)”. Decision, 16 September 2026. votingId 196161, document A-10-2025-0273, reference 2025/0176(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/3 (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-2026-09-16-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V)}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 196161, document A-10-2025-0273, reference 2025/0176(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)}
}