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Thursday 23 October 2025

Date
Thursday 23 October 2025
Part-session
20–23 October 2025 Mon 20Tue 21Wed 22Thu 23
Decisions
9 decisions: 7 passed, 2 did not pass
Votes
145 votes · 70 roll calls
More facts (5)
Voting time
13:03–13:28
Closest result
Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law) (220 for, 341 against)
Amendments
28
Previous sitting
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Next sitting
Wednesday 12 November 2025
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Decisions, 9

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Numbered as on the sitting’s record, by kind of decision.

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 Dates of application and transitional provisions for chemical products KindNew laws · 1st readingPassed441 for, 108 against, 11 abstained roll callVotes2
No.2 Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law) Committee report by Martin HojsíkKindNew laws · 2nd readingPassed220 for, 341 against, 10 abstained roll callVotes1
No.3 Preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution Committee reportKindNew laws · 2nd readingApproved without a vote no voteVotes1
No.4Objection under Rule 114(3) · delegated act InvestEU Fund strategic investments in the field of defence Motion for a resolutionKindObjectionsObjection failed124 for, 401 against, 41 abstained roll callVotes1
No.5Objection under Rule 114(3) · delegated act Specifying a methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from low-carbon fuels Motion for a resolutionKindResolutionsObjection failed175 for, 374 against, 25 abstained roll callVotes2
No.6 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit Motion for a resolutionKindResolutionsAdopted367 for, 98 against, 113 abstained roll callVotes77
No.7 UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30) Motion for a resolutionKindResolutionsAdoptedAdopted show of hands — no countVotes51
No.8 Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan Motion for a resolutionKindResolutionsAdoptedAdopted show of hands — no countVotes9
No.9 Audiovisual Media Services Directive obligations in the transatlantic dialogue Motion for a resolutionKindResolutionsAdoptedAdopted show of hands — no countVotes1

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Result: for–against–abstained. For: share of the votes cast. Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call.
DateVoteKindResultForRequested by
23 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitFinal367 for, 98 against, 113 abstained Adopted For 63 %Requested by Renew
23 Oct 2025Final vote on motion B10-0464/2025 Specifying a methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from low-carbon fuelsFinal175 for, 374 against, 25 abstained Rejected For 30 %Requested by Greens, Patriots
23 Oct 2025Final vote on motion B10-0457/2025 Specifying a methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from low-carbon fuelsFinal180 for, 373 against, 20 abstained Rejected For 31 %Requested by Greens, Patriots
23 Oct 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution InvestEU Fund strategic investments in the field of defenceFinal124 for, 401 against, 41 abstained Rejected For 22 %Requested by The Left
23 Oct 2025Final vote Dates of application and transitional provisions for chemical productsFinal441 for, 108 against, 11 abstained Adopted For 79 %

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Day brief

A short account of the day, written by AI from the decisions and their summaries.

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The European Parliament held a voting day focused on environmental and international partnership issues, adopting positions on chemical products and EU-Africa relations while rejecting proposals on soil monitoring and fuel emissions.

  • Soil Monitoring and Resilience: Parliament rejected the Soil Monitoring Law, meaning the proposal will not proceed. The decision was backed by ECR, Patriots and ESN, and opposed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP.
  • Chemical products dates: Parliament adopted its position on the dates of application and transitional provisions for chemical products. The law was supported by S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN, and opposed by The Left and Greens.
  • InvestEU defence investments: An objection to the Commission's delegated regulation broadening defence investments under InvestEU was rejected, so the measure goes ahead. The objection was backed by The Left and Patriots, and opposed by S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and ESN.
  • Low-carbon fuel emissions: Parliament rejected a resolution objecting to the Commission's methodology for assessing greenhouse gas savings from low-carbon fuels, allowing the regulation to proceed. The resolution was backed by ECR, Patriots and ESN, and opposed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP.
  • EU-Africa partnership: Parliament adopted a resolution setting priorities for the EU-Africa partnership ahead of the Angola Summit, including making migration a priority and linking development funds to cooperation on returns. It was backed by Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP, and opposed by Patriots and ESN.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2025-10-23?vkind=final
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European Parliament (2025). “Sitting of Thursday 23 October 2025”. Sitting, 23 October 2025. sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-23. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2025-10-23?vkind=final (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 23 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-23-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 23 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-23-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-23, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-10-23/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-sitting-2025-10-23,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Sitting of Thursday 23 October 2025}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-10-23},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2025-10-23?vkind=final}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2025-10-23?vkind=final},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Sitting. sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-23. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-23-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-23-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-23 (CC BY 4.0)}
}