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Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation 2028-2034

Effect
Passed
Result
600 for · 21 against · 48 abstained roll call
Date
16 September 2026, 14:20
Kind
New EU law · Consultation
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0196
Dossier
2025/0265(CNS)
Source
Committee report by Sophie Wilmès
Topics
EnergyEU budget & fundsForeign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 16 September 2026
Final vote
195831
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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: 600 for, 21 against, 48 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

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

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 25Against 0Abst. 13No vote 6 of 44Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.49
GreensFor 50Against 0Abst. 0No vote 3 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 132Against 0Abst. 0No vote 3 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 72Against 0Abst. 0No vote 6 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 173Against 0Abst. 0No vote 11 of 184Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 77Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
PatriotsFor 29Against 17Abst. 29No vote 9 of 84Majority line TieClear line Divided Cohesion 0.08
ESNFor 22Against 0Abst. 3No vote 2 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.82
No groupFor 20Against 4Abst. 3No vote 1 of 28Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Voted against their group, 3

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
Belgium163210.64
Bulgaria170001.00
Cyprus5010—
Czechia120540.56
Germany900140.98
Denmark121020.88
Estonia6001—
Spain510630.84
Finland130021.00
France680850.84
Greece172200.71
Croatia120001.00
Hungary801110.37
Ireland7016—
Italy640750.85
Lithuania110001.00
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia8010—
Malta5001—
Netherlands255010.75
Poland463040.91
Portugal180120.92
Romania261060.94
Sweden210001.00
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia130200.80

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
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 A10-0196/2026 – Sophie Wilmès – Commission proposal to the Council Roll call600 for, 21 against, 48 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0196

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

The proposal sets up the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation and Decommissioning for 2028-2034, replacing two existing Euratom regulations and merging nuclear safety cooperation with the decommissioning of the Commission's Joint Research Centre nuclear sites.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position, approving the Commission proposal with amendments.

Parliament calls on the Commission to change its proposal accordingly, asks the Council to notify Parliament if it departs from the approved text, and asks to be consulted again if the Council substantially amends the proposal.

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

Parliament's amended version of a proposed Council regulation sets up the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation and Decommissioning for 2028-2034, replacing two Euratom regulations. It merges external nuclear safety cooperation with partner countries and internal decommissioning of the Commission's Joint Research Centre nuclear sites into one instrument.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0265(CNS) · Consultation procedure

Establishing the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation and Decommissioning for the period 2028-2034 and repealing Regulations (Euratom) 2021/100 and (Euratom) 2021/948

Parliament gave its opinion on 16 September 2026. The Council takes the final decision.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 12 November 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 24 June 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 6 July 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 16 September 2026 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council (to come)

Lead committee: ITRE · Rapporteur: Sophie WILMÈS (Renew)

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

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/5
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation 2028-2034”. Decision, 16 September 2026. votingId 195831, document A-10-2026-0196, reference 2025/0265(CNS). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/5 (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-2026-09-16-5,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation 2028-2034}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/5}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/5},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 195831, document A-10-2026-0196, reference 2025/0265(CNS). 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)}
}