Sitting · Plenary
Wednesday 22 October 2025
- Date
- Wednesday 22 October 2025
- Decisions
- 8 decisions: 6 passed, 2 without a final vote
- Votes
- 471 votes · 198 roll calls
More facts (5)
- Voting time
- 14:07–15:08
- Closest result
- Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements (309 for, 318 against)
- Amendments
- 157
- Previous sitting
- Tuesday 21 October 2025
- Next sitting
- Thursday 23 October 2025
Numbered as on the sitting’s record, by kind of decision.
| No. | Decision | Kind | Effect | Final vote | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No.1 | Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements | KindNew laws · 1st reading | Negotiating mandate rejected | 309 for, 318 against, 34 abstained counted, no names | Votes1 |
| No.2 | Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections | KindBudget | No final vote | — | Votes187 |
| No.3 | General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Committee report by Andrzej Halicki, Matjaž Nemec | KindBudget | Resolution adopted | 384 for, 202 against, 58 abstained roll call | Votes194 |
| No.4 | Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and Council Committee report by Joachim Stanisław Brudziński | KindBudget | Discharge decision adopted | 441 for, 125 against, 73 abstained roll call | Votes11 |
| No.5 | Discharge 2023: Agencies Committee report by Erik Marquardt | KindBudget | Discharge decision adopted | 476 for, 99 against, 72 abstained roll call | Votes6 |
| No.6 | Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations Committee report by Sandro Gozi | KindResolutions | Adopted | 310 for, 277 against, 53 abstained roll call | Votes32 |
| No.7 | Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedy Motion for a resolution | KindResolutions | Adopted | 457 for, 103 against, 72 abstained roll call | Votes22 |
| No.8 | Situation in Belarus, five years after the fraudulent presidential elections Motion for a resolution | KindResolutions | Adopted | 458 for, 18 against, 84 abstained roll call | Votes18 |
Every vote of the day recorded by name. A decision can have many votes.
| Date | Vote | Kind | Result | For | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2025 | Recital Q — part 2 Situation in Belarus, five years after the fraudulent presidential elections | Split vote | 476 for, 42 against, 65 abstained Adopted | For 82 % | Requested by ECR |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Paragraph 9 — part 2 Situation in Belarus, five years after the fraudulent presidential elections | Split vote | 450 for, 153 against, 14 abstained Adopted | For 73 % | Requested by The Left |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Paragraph 4 — part 6 Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations | Split vote | 462 for, 162 against, 18 abstained Adopted | For 72 % | Requested by Members |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Paragraph 4 — part 5 Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations | Split vote | 344 for, 227 against, 45 abstained Adopted | For 56 % | Requested by Members |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Paragraph 4 — part 4 Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations | Split vote | 326 for, 272 against, 29 abstained Adopted | For 52 % | Requested by Members |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Paragraph 4 — part 3 Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations | Split vote | 321 for, 270 against, 47 abstained Adopted | For 50 % | Requested by Members |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Paragraph 4 — part 2 Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations | Split vote | 411 for, 169 against, 63 abstained Adopted | For 64 % | Requested by Members |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Paragraph 4 — part 1 Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations | Split vote | 485 for, 152 against, 5 abstained Adopted | For 76 % | Requested by Members |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Paragraph 17 — part 2 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and Council | Split vote | 445 for, 178 against, 17 abstained Adopted | For 70 % | Requested by Patriots |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Paragraph 67 — part 2 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections | Split vote | 417 for, 211 against, 11 abstained Adopted | For 65 % | Requested by The Left |
Show the other 4 votes of this page
| Date | Vote | Kind | Result | For | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2025 | Paragraph 67 — part 1 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections | Split vote | 501 for, 143 against, 5 abstained Adopted | For 77 % | Requested by The Left |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Paragraph 53 — part 2 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections | Split vote | 414 for, 199 against, 35 abstained Adopted | For 64 % | |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Paragraph 53 — part 1 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections | Split vote | 501 for, 142 against, 8 abstained Adopted | For 77 % | |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Paragraph 27 — part 2 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections | Split vote | 428 for, 168 against, 58 abstained Adopted | For 65 % | Requested by Patriots |
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Day brief
A short account of the day, written by AI from the decisions and their summaries.
AI: The day in brief Written by AI from the official text — check the source
Parliament rejected a corporate sustainability proposal, approved the 2026 EU budget and discharges, and adopted a resolution on enlargement reforms.
- Corporate sustainability reporting: Parliament narrowly rejected the proposal on corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements, meaning it will not become law.
- EU enlargement negotiations: Parliament adopted a resolution on institutional consequences of enlargement, calling for a more efficient Union, including lifting vetoes and creating a European defence system, backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, and EPP.
- EU 2026 budget: Parliament approved the general EU budget for 2026, covering all sections, reaffirming its political priorities, with backing from Greens, S&D, Renew, and EPP.
- Discharge 2023: Council: Parliament granted discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council for the 2023 budget of the European Council and Council, approving the spending and forwarding observations.
- Discharge 2023: Agencies: Parliament granted discharge to the EU Agency for Asylum for its 2023 budget, approving the closure of accounts, and called for an anonymised summary of the OLAF report.
Connections
The part-session and what the day’s decisions touch.
Other sittings of the part-session
- Sitting Monday, 20 October 2025 Plenary sitting 20 Oct 2025
- Sitting Tuesday, 21 October 2025 Plenary sitting 21 Oct 2025
- Sitting Thursday, 23 October 2025 Plenary sitting 23 Oct 2025
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official sources
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2025). “Sitting of Wednesday 22 October 2025”. Sitting, 22 October 2025. sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-22. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2025-10-22?vkind=split (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 22 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-22-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 22 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-22-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-22, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-10-22/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-sitting-2025-10-22,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Sitting of Wednesday 22 October 2025}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-10-22},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2025-10-22?vkind=split}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2025-10-22?vkind=split},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Sitting. sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-22. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-22-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-22-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-22 (CC BY 4.0)}
}