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EU competitiveness

Decisions
62 on 35 sitting days
Outcomes
62 adopted · 0 rejected
Period
23 Oct 2024 – 17 Sept 2026
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Kind
EU initiative
Status
Active
Last 90 days
11 decisions
Roll-call votes
56
By kind
Consent 1 · New laws 22 · Resolutions 39
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EU efforts to strengthen the competitiveness of its economy and businesses.

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Decisions, 62

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Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
17 Sept 2026The role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security ResolutionsAdopted467 for, 92 against, 44 abstained by roll call
16 Sept 2026Simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and simplification of security and defence procurement (Omnibus V) New lawsPassed549 for, 92 against, 27 abstained by roll call
16 Sept 2026Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V) New lawsPassed540 for, 105 against, 22 abstained by roll call
16 Sept 2026Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V) New lawsPassed530 for, 125 against, 12 abstained by roll call
16 Sept 2026Establishing the Single Market and Customs Programme for the period 2028-2034 New lawsPassed496 for, 53 against, 125 abstained by roll call
15 Sept 2026Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund New lawsPassed433 for, 97 against, 146 abstained by roll call
9 Jul 2026Amendments to the Critical Raw Materials Act New lawsSent back to committeeshow of hands — no count
9 Jul 2026Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness ResolutionsAdopted366 for, 192 against, 39 abstained by roll call
7 Jul 2026Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025 ResolutionsAdopted316 for, 281 against, 39 abstained by roll call
7 Jul 2026Competition policy – annual report 2025 ResolutionsAdopted501 for, 61 against, 95 abstained by roll call
7 Jul 2026Digital assets – challenges for the competitiveness and integrity of the European Union’s financial system ResolutionsAdopted390 for, 86 against, 134 abstained by roll call
20 May 2026Opportunities and challenges presented by a comprehensive artificial intelligence strategy for EU trade ResolutionsAdopted527 for, 62 against, 59 abstained by roll call
19 May 2026Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market New lawsPassed606 for, 16 against, 39 abstained by roll call
19 May 2026Research Fund for Coal and Steel: research programme and multiannual technical and financial guidelines New lawsPassed537 for, 17 against, 83 abstained by roll call
29 Apr 2026Protection of EU companies, jobs and products against unfair competition from third countries ResolutionsAdoptedshow of hands — no count
28 Apr 2026Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III (No. 8, 28 Apr 2026) ResolutionsAdopted389 for, 191 against, 75 abstained by roll call
28 Apr 2026The role of ocean diplomacy for the competitiveness of EU fisheries and aquaculture ResolutionsAdopted430 for, 107 against, 115 abstained by roll call
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 ResolutionsAdopted392 for, 219 against, 18 abstained by roll call
11 Mar 2026Tackling barriers to the single market for defence ResolutionsAdopted393 for, 169 against, 67 abstained by roll call
11 Mar 2026Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III (No. 13, 11 Mar 2026) ResolutionsAdoptedshow of hands — no count
10 Mar 2026Establishing an EU talent pool New lawsPassed414 for, 182 against, 21 abstained by roll call
10 Mar 2026The upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act ResolutionsAdopted399 for, 78 against, 69 abstained by roll call
10 Feb 2026Amending regulations on agricultural products as regards market rules and sectoral support measures in the wine sector and for aromatised wine products New lawsPassed625 for, 15 against, 11 abstained by roll call
10 Feb 2026Amending the Measuring Instruments Directive New lawsPassed594 for, 25 against, 23 abstained by roll call
22 Jan 2026Choice of performance indicators for audit and budgetary control in the context of financing measures to support the implementation of future European competitiveness ResolutionsAdopted318 for, 247 against, 67 abstained by roll call
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure ResolutionsAdopted471 for, 68 against, 71 abstained by roll call
20 Jan 2026The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies ResolutionsAdopted492 for, 144 against, 28 abstained by roll call
17 Dec 2025European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC) New lawsPassed604 for, 37 against, 18 abstained by roll call
16 Dec 2025Corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements New lawsPassed428 for, 218 against, 17 abstained by roll call
26 Nov 2025Increasing the efficiency of the EU guarantee under the InvestEU Regulation and simplifying reporting requirements New lawsPassed519 for, 65 against, 73 abstained by roll call
26 Nov 2025Access to finance for SMEs and scale-ups ResolutionsAdopted360 for, 298 against, 8 abstained by roll call
25 Nov 2025European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) New lawsPassed457 for, 148 against, 33 abstained by roll call
25 Nov 2025Institutional aspects of the report on the future of European competitiveness (Draghi Report) ResolutionsAdopted330 for, 273 against, 38 abstained by roll call
25 Nov 2025Impact of artificial intelligence on the financial sector ResolutionsAdopted426 for, 182 against, 39 abstained by roll call
13 Nov 2025Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements New lawsPassed382 for, 249 against, 13 abstained by roll call
13 Nov 2025Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) New lawsPassed370 for, 160 against, 107 abstained by roll call
13 Nov 2025Digital Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore ConsentConsent given515 for, 93 against, 33 abstained by roll call
13 Nov 2025Digital Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore (Resolution) ResolutionsAdopted572 for, 18 against, 41 abstained by roll call
9 Oct 2025The role of simple tax rules and tax fragmentation in European competitiveness ResolutionsAdopted499 for, 66 against, 53 abstained by roll call
11 Sept 2025A new vision for the European Universities alliances ResolutionsAdopted461 for, 100 against, 48 abstained by roll call

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Dossiers, 12

The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.

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Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025 2025-2213Decisions17 Jul 2026 · Adopted
Opportunities and challenges presented by a comprehensive artificial intelligence strategy for EU trade 2025-2112Decisions120 May 2026 · Adopted

Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this issue: its clear line or divided.

The last 56 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a clear line = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). For / Against / Abstained: its clear line. Divided: no clear line. With the outcome: votes where its majority line matched the result. Votes: finals the group voted on.
GroupForAgainstAbstainedDividedWith the outcomeVotes
The LeftFor7Against28Abst.7Divided14With outcome9of56
GreensFor44Against9Abst.2Divided1With outcome44of56
S&DFor50Against5Abst.1Divided0With outcome50of56
RenewFor53Against2Abst.0Divided1With outcome54of56
EPPFor55Against0Abst.0Divided1With outcome56of56
ECRFor32Against5Abst.5Divided14With outcome40of56
PatriotsFor17Against21Abst.5Divided13With outcome22of56
ESNFor11Against42Abst.1Divided2With outcome11of56

Connections

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Sources & citation

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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “EU competitiveness”. Running issue, 17 September 2026. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/eu-competitiveness?all=1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-issue-eu-competitiveness,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{EU competitiveness}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/eu-competitiveness?all=1}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/eu-competitiveness?all=1},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Running issue. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}