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Nuclear decommissioning assistance programme of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania for the period 2028-2034

Effect
Passed
Result
625 for · 20 against · 22 abstained roll call
Date
16 September 2026, 14:22
Kind
New EU law · Consultation
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0197
Dossier
2025/0268(NLE)
Source
Committee report by Virginijus Sinkevičius
Topics
EnergyEU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 16 September 2026
Final vote
195830
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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: 625 for, 20 against, 22 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, 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 39Against 0Abst. 1No vote 4 of 44Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
GreensFor 49Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 130Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 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 72Against 1Abst. 3No vote 8 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.92
PatriotsFor 58Against 13Abst. 6No vote 7 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.63
ESNFor 20Against 1Abst. 4No vote 2 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.70
No groupFor 12Against 5Abst. 8No vote 3 of 28Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Voted against their group, 29

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
Bulgaria161000.91
Cyprus6000—
Czechia170130.92
Germany841640.88
Denmark112020.77
Estonia6001—
Spain561030.97
Finland130021.00
France750061.00
Greece172200.71
Croatia120001.00
Hungary190011.00
Ireland8006—
Italy710051.00
Lithuania110001.00
Luxembourg5010—
Latvia9000—
Malta5001—
Netherlands256000.71
Poland441260.90
Portugal190110.93
Romania260160.94
Sweden180300.79
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia110220.77

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
Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS LithuaniaGreensSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For

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 A10-0197/2026 – Virginijus Sinkevičius – Commission proposal to the Council Roll call625 for, 20 against, 22 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0197

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

Parliament approved a proposal for a Council regulation that would set up a programme to help Lithuania decommission the Ignalina nuclear power plant from 2028 to 2034, replacing an earlier regulation.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position, meaning it supports the programme with changes it has proposed.

Parliament calls on the Commission to change its proposal accordingly and on the Council to tell Parliament if it plans to depart from the approved text or to consult Parliament again on substantial changes.

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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 for a Council regulation sets up the Ignalina nuclear power plant decommissioning assistance programme for 2028-2034, replacing Regulation (EU) 2021/101.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0268(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Nuclear decommissioning assistance programme of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/101

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 · 24 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: Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS (Greens)

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/2026-09-16/6
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Nuclear decommissioning assistance programme of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania for the period 2028-2034”. Decision, 16 September 2026. votingId 195830, document A-10-2026-0197, reference 2025/0268(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/6 (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-2026-09-16-6,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Nuclear decommissioning assistance programme of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania for the period 2028-2034}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/6}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/6},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 195830, document A-10-2026-0197, reference 2025/0268(NLE). 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)}
}