Sitting · Plenary
Thursday 23 October 2025
- Date
- Thursday 23 October 2025
- Decisions
- 9 decisions: 7 passed, 2 did not pass
- Votes
- 145 votes · 70 roll calls
More facts (5)
- Voting time
- 13:03–13:28
- Amendments
- 28
- Previous sitting
- Wednesday 22 October 2025
- Next sitting
- Wednesday 12 November 2025
Numbered as on the sitting’s record, by kind of decision.
| No. | Decision | Kind | Effect | Final vote | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No.1 | Dates of application and transitional provisions for chemical products | KindNew laws · 1st reading | Passed | 441 for, 108 against, 11 abstained roll call | Votes2 |
| No.2 | Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law) Committee report by Martin Hojsík | KindNew laws · 2nd reading | Passed | 220 for, 341 against, 10 abstained roll call | Votes1 |
| No.3 | Preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution Committee report | KindNew laws · 2nd reading | Approved without a vote | no vote | Votes1 |
| No.4 | Objection under Rule 114(3) · delegated act InvestEU Fund strategic investments in the field of defence Motion for a resolution | KindObjections | Objection failed | 124 for, 401 against, 41 abstained roll call | Votes1 |
| No.5 | Objection under Rule 114(3) · delegated act Specifying a methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from low-carbon fuels Motion for a resolution | KindResolutions | Objection failed | 175 for, 374 against, 25 abstained roll call | Votes2 |
| No.6 | Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit Motion for a resolution | KindResolutions | Adopted | 367 for, 98 against, 113 abstained roll call | Votes77 |
| No.7 | UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30) Motion for a resolution | KindResolutions | Adopted | Adopted show of hands — no count | Votes51 |
| No.8 | Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan Motion for a resolution | KindResolutions | Adopted | Adopted show of hands — no count | Votes9 |
| No.9 | Audiovisual Media Services Directive obligations in the transatlantic dialogue Motion for a resolution | KindResolutions | Adopted | Adopted show of hands — no count | Votes1 |
Every vote of the day recorded by name. A decision can have many votes.
| Date | Vote | Kind | Result | For | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Oct 2025 | Proposal to reject the text Final vote Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law) | Rejection | 220 for, 341 against, 10 abstained Rejected | For 39 % | |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Proposal to reject the text Dates of application and transitional provisions for chemical products | Rejection | 93 for, 431 against, 7 abstained Rejected | For 18 % |
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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
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.
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 Wednesday, 22 October 2025 Plenary sitting 22 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 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=rejection-proposal (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=rejection-proposal}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2025-10-23?vkind=rejection-proposal},
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)}
}