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Wednesday 2 April 2025

Date
Wednesday 2 April 2025
Part-session
31 March – 3 April 2025 Mon 31Tue 1Wed 2Thu 3
Decisions
9 decisions: 9 passed
Votes
658 votes · 262 roll calls
More facts (5)
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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Decisions, 9

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Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained and how it was recorded. Votes: votes taken on the decision (amendments, split parts, the final vote).
No.DecisionKindEffectFinal voteVotes
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 AzmaniKindNew laws · ConsultationPassed377 for, 279 against, 16 abstained roll callVotes13
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 ZovkoKindConsent · Consent procedureConsent given528 for, 121 against, 32 abstained roll callVotes1
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 SargiacomoKindConsent · Consent procedureConsent given518 for, 104 against, 61 abstained roll callVotes1
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 BžochKindConsent · Consent procedureConsent given619 for, 9 against, 45 abstained roll callVotes1
No.5 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Committee report by Andrzej HalickiKindResolutionsAdopted441 for, 173 against, 70 abstained roll callVotes101
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 SargiacomoKindResolutionsAdopted605 for, 68 against, 10 abstained roll callVotes6
No.7 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024 Committee report by David McAllisterKindResolutionsAdopted378 for, 188 against, 105 abstained roll callVotes231
No.8 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 Committee report by Nicolás Pascual de la ParteKindResolutionsAdopted399 for, 198 against, 71 abstained roll callVotes178
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-LimaKindResolutionsAdopted390 for, 116 against, 126 abstained roll callVotes126

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DateVoteKindResultForRequested by
2 Apr 2025Separate vote on recital Z Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024Separate vote403 for, 237 against, 35 abstained Adopted For 60 %Requested by Greens
2 Apr 2025Separate vote on paragraph 4, indent 20 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024Separate vote528 for, 61 against, 85 abstained Adopted For 78 %Requested by ECR
2 Apr 2025Separate vote on paragraph 4, indent 8 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024Separate vote664 for, 5 against, 8 abstained Adopted For 98 %Requested by ESN

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Day brief

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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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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=separate (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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  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=separate}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2025-04-02?vkind=separate},
  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)}
}