Sitting · Plenary

Wednesday 2 April 2025

Date: Wednesday 2 April 2025
Part-session: 31 March – 3 April 2025 Mon 31 Tue 1Wed 2Thu 3
Decisions: 9 decisions: 9 passed
Votes: 658 votes · 262 roll calls

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Voting time: 13:08–14:41
Closest result: Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement (377 for, 279 against)
Amendments: 210
Previous sitting: Tuesday 1 April 2025
Next sitting: Thursday 3 April 2025

Voting time: 13:08–14:41
Closest result: Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement (377 for, 279 against)
Amendments: 210
Previous sitting: Tuesday 1 April 2025
Next sitting: Thursday 3 April 2025

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No.	Decision	Kind	Effect	Final vote	Votes
No.1	Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement Committee report by Malik Azmani	KindNew laws · Consultation	Passed	377 for, 279 against, 16 abstained roll call	Votes13
No.2	Agreements on Financial Mechanisms for the period May 2021 - April 2028 (EEA: EU-Iceland-Liechtenstein-Norway; Norwegian: EU-Norway); Additional Protocols to EEC-Norway Agreement and to EEC-Iceland Agreement Committee report by Željana Zovko	KindConsent · Consent procedure	Consent given	528 for, 121 against, 32 abstained roll call	Votes1
No.3	Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029) Committee report by Eric Sargiacomo	KindConsent · Consent procedure	Consent given	518 for, 104 against, 61 abstained roll call	Votes1
No.4	EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Agreement: cooperation between Eurojust and the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina competent for judicial cooperation in criminal matters Committee report by Jaroslav Bžoch	KindConsent · Consent procedure	Consent given	619 for, 9 against, 45 abstained roll call	Votes1
No.5	Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Committee report by Andrzej Halicki	KindResolutions	Adopted	441 for, 173 against, 70 abstained roll call	Votes101
No.6	Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029) (Resolution) Committee report by Eric Sargiacomo	KindResolutions	Adopted	605 for, 68 against, 10 abstained roll call	Votes6
No.7	Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024 Committee report by David McAllister	KindResolutions	Adopted	378 for, 188 against, 105 abstained roll call	Votes231
No.8	Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 Committee report by Nicolás Pascual de la Parte	KindResolutions	Adopted	399 for, 198 against, 71 abstained roll call	Votes178
No.9	Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Committee report by Isabel Wiseler-Lima	KindResolutions	Adopted	390 for, 116 against, 126 abstained roll call	Votes126

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Date	Vote	Kind	Result	For
2 Apr 2025	Final vote — text as a whole Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024	Final	390 for, 116 against, 126 abstained Adopted	For 62 %
2 Apr 2025	Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024	Final	399 for, 198 against, 71 abstained Adopted	For 60 %
2 Apr 2025	Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024	Final	378 for, 188 against, 105 abstained Adopted	For 56 %
2 Apr 2025	Final vote Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement	Final	377 for, 279 against, 16 abstained Adopted	For 56 %
2 Apr 2025	Final vote — text as a whole Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029) (Resolution)	Final	605 for, 68 against, 10 abstained Adopted	For 89 %
2 Apr 2025	Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Agreement: cooperation between Eurojust and the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina competent for judicial cooperation in criminal matters	Final	619 for, 9 against, 45 abstained Adopted	For 92 %
2 Apr 2025	Final vote on the draft Council decision Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029)	Final	518 for, 104 against, 61 abstained Adopted	For 76 %
2 Apr 2025	Final vote on the draft Council decision Agreements on Financial Mechanisms for the period May 2021 - April 2028 (EEA: EU-Iceland-Liechtenstein-Norway; Norwegian: EU-Norway); Additional Protocols to EEC-Norway Agreement and to EEC-Iceland Agreement	Final	528 for, 121 against, 32 abstained Adopted	For 78 %
2 Apr 2025	Final vote — text as a whole Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III	Final	441 for, 173 against, 70 abstained Adopted	For 64 %

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Parliament adopted positions on security of identity documents, gave consent to international agreements, and set budget guidelines for 2026.

Identity card security: Parliament backed stricter security for EU citizens' identity cards and residence documents, following a Court ruling on the legal basis. S&D, Renew, and EPP supported it; The Left, Greens, ECR, Patriots, and ESN opposed.
EEA financial mechanisms: MEPs consented to financial mechanisms with Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway for 2021-2028, including fish import protocols. The Left opposed; others backed. Concerns about fisheries imbalances were raised.
Guinea-Bissau fisheries: Parliament approved a new fisheries protocol with Guinea-Bissau for 2024-2029, allowing EU vessels to fish and providing €85 million, with €4.5 million yearly for sustainability. The Left and ESN opposed.
Eurojust-Bosnia cooperation: Parliament consented to an agreement boosting Eurojust's cooperation with Bosnia and Herzegovina against serious crime, including data transfer with privacy safeguards. ESN mostly abstained; others backed.
2026 budget guidelines: Parliament adopted its 2026 budget guidelines, urging investment in defence, research, SMEs, health, and migration, plus support for Ukraine and enlargement. The Left, Patriots, and ESN opposed; ECR mostly abstained.

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Other sittings of the part-session

Sitting Monday, 31 March 2025 Plenary sitting 31 Mar 2025
Sitting Tuesday, 1 April 2025 Plenary sitting 1 Apr 2025
Sitting Thursday, 3 April 2025 Plenary sitting 3 Apr 2025

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2025-04-02?vkind=final
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 2 April 2025 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 2 April 2025 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-04-02
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “Sitting of Wednesday 2 April 2025”. Sitting, 2 April 2025. sitting MTG-PL-2025-04-02. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2025-04-02?vkind=final (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 2 April 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-02-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 2 April 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-02-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-04-02, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-04-02/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

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@misc{epw-sitting-2025-04-02,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Sitting of Wednesday 2 April 2025}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-04-02},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2025-04-02?vkind=final}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2025-04-02?vkind=final},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Sitting. sitting MTG-PL-2025-04-02. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-02-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-02-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-04-02 (CC BY 4.0)}
}