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Wednesday 17 December 2025

Date
Wednesday 17 December 2025
Part-session
15–18 December 2025 Mon 15Tue 16Wed 17Thu 18
Decisions
12 decisions: 9 passed, 1 did not pass, 2 without a final vote
Votes
134 votes · 54 roll calls
More facts (5)
Voting time
12:22–12:47
Closest result
Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept (384 for, 237 against)
Amendments
6
Previous sitting
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Next sitting
Thursday 18 December 2025
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Decisions, 12

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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 Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept Committee report by Lena DüpontKindNew laws · 1st readingNegotiating mandate approved384 for, 237 against, 31 abstained roll callVotes1
No.2 Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level Committee report by Alessandro CirianiKindNew laws · 1st readingNegotiating mandate approved396 for, 202 against, 56 abstained roll callVotes1
No.3 Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies Committee report by Inese Vaidere, Ville NiinistöKindNew laws · 1st readingPassed500 for, 120 against, 32 abstained roll callVotes48
No.4 Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders KindNew laws · 1st readingPassed405 for, 242 against, 8 abstained roll callVotes2
No.5 European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC) Committee report by Borys BudkaKindNew laws · ConsultationPassed604 for, 37 against, 18 abstained roll callVotes1
No.6 EU/Jordan Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: terms and conditions for the participation of Jordan in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) Committee report by Paolo BorchiaKindConsent · Consent procedureConsent given627 for, 13 against, 5 abstained roll callVotes1
No.7Objection under Rule 114(3) · delegated act Simplification of the content and presentation of information to be disclosed concerning environmentally sustainable activities and simplification of certain technical screening criteria for determining whether economic activities cause no significant harm to environmental objectives Motion for a resolutionKindObjectionsObjection failed230 for, 402 against, 28 abstained roll callVotes1
No.8 Military Mobility Committee report by Petras Auštrevičius, Roberts ZīleKindResolutionsAdopted493 for, 127 against, 38 abstained roll callVotes1
No.9 European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs Committee report by Christophe GomartKindResolutionsAdopted425 for, 120 against, 96 abstained roll callVotes3
No.10 Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Committee report by Andrzej BułaKindResolutionsAdopted480 for, 83 against, 94 abstained roll callVotes21
No.11 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Motion for a resolutionKindResolutionsAdopted358 for, 202 against, 79 abstained roll callVotes53
No.12 Appointment of the Executive Director of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) KindOtherAppointment approved601 for, 26 against, 31 abstained counted, no namesVotes1

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DateVoteKindResultForRequested by
17 Dec 2025Proposal to reject the text Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and tradersRejection138 for, 512 against, 6 abstained Rejected For 21 %
17 Dec 2025Proposal to reject the text Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependenciesRejection102 for, 517 against, 27 abstained Rejected For 16 %

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Day brief

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The European Parliament adopted positions on several new EU laws, including asylum procedures, energy security, deforestation, and AI infrastructure, as well as resolutions on defence and digitalisation.

  • Safe third country concept: Parliament backed a law making the 'safe third country' concept more flexible in asylum procedures, including optional connection requirements and changed appeal rules. EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN supported it; The Left, Greens, S&D and Renew opposed.
  • Safe countries of origin list: MEPs approved a Union-level list of safe countries of origin, allowing faster asylum procedures for applicants from those countries. EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN voted for; The Left, Greens and S&D against, Renew mostly abstained.
  • Russian gas phase-out: Parliament adopted a regulation to phase out Russian natural gas imports and improve monitoring of energy dependencies. The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR backed it; Patriots and ESN opposed.
  • Deforestation Regulation obligations: Parliament set its position on simplifying certain obligations for operators and traders under the Deforestation Regulation. EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN supported; The Left, Greens, S&D and Renew opposed.
  • EuroHPC AI Gigafactories: MEPs approved changes to the EuroHPC rules to support setting up AI Gigafactories for frontier AI models. Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN backed it; The Left opposed.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2025-12-17?vkind=rejection-proposal
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European Parliament (2025). “Sitting of Wednesday 17 December 2025”. Sitting, 17 December 2025. sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-17. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2025-12-17?vkind=rejection-proposal (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 17 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-17-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 17 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-17-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-17, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-12-17/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Sitting of Wednesday 17 December 2025}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-12-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2025-12-17?vkind=rejection-proposal}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2025-12-17?vkind=rejection-proposal},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Sitting. sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-17. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-17-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-17-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-17 (CC BY 4.0)}
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