Sitting · Plenary
Tuesday 15 September 2026
- Date
- Tuesday 15 September 2026
- Decisions
- 19 decisions: 14 passed, 4 other verdicts, 1 without a final vote
- Votes
- 373 votes · 175 roll calls
More facts (5)
- Voting time
- 13:06–14:05
- Amendments
- 114
- Previous sitting
- Monday 14 September 2026
- Next sitting
- Wednesday 16 September 2026
Numbered as on the sitting’s record, by kind of decision.
| No. | Decision | Kind | Effect | Final vote | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No.1 | Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures Committee report by Mohammed Chahim | KindNew laws · 1st reading | Passed | 464 for, 50 against, 159 abstained roll call | Votes72 |
| No.2 | Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund Committee report by Pascal Canfin | KindNew laws · 1st reading | Passed | 433 for, 97 against, 146 abstained roll call | Votes53 |
| No.3 | Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowances Committee report by Pierfrancesco Maran | KindNew laws · 1st reading | Passed | 367 for, 240 against, 59 abstained roll call | Votes11 |
| No.4 | Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectors Committee report by Danuše Nerudová | KindNew laws · 1st reading | Passed | 467 for, 158 against, 41 abstained roll call | Votes22 |
| No.5 | Implementation into Union law of measures adopted by regional fisheries management organisations Committee report by Thomas Bajada | KindNew laws · 1st reading | Passed | 559 for, 48 against, 62 abstained roll call | Votes1 |
| No.6 | General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM): fishing in the GFCM Agreement area Committee report by Željana Zovko | KindNew laws · 1st reading | Passed | 580 for, 51 against, 39 abstained roll call | Votes1 |
| No.7 | Temporary trade-liberalisation measures applicable to Armenian products Committee report by Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski | KindNew laws · 1st reading | Passed | 583 for, 49 against, 39 abstained roll call | Votes1 |
| No.8 | Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030 | KindNew laws · 1st reading | Urgent procedure agreed | Adopted show of hands — no count | Votes1 |
| No.9 | Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure Committee report by Andrzej Halicki | KindBudget | Passed | 440 for, 127 against, 104 abstained roll call | Votes18 |
| No.10 | Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Committee report by Tomas Tobé | KindResolutions | Adopted | 420 for, 220 against, 26 abstained roll call | Votes139 |
| No.11 | Implementation of the Council Recommendation on a Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee Committee report by Hristo Petrov | KindResolutions | Adopted | 530 for, 77 against, 61 abstained roll call | Votes27 |
| No.12 | The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027 Committee report by Sabrina Repp | KindResolutions | Adopted | 477 for, 124 against, 66 abstained roll call | Votes20 |
| No.13 | Global role of the euro Committee report by Rasmus Andresen | KindResolutions | Adopted | 405 for, 146 against, 60 abstained roll call | Votes1 |
| No.14 | Appointment of the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority Committee report | KindResolutions | Appointment approved | 554 for, 33 against, 44 abstained counted, no names | Votes1 |
| No.15 | Appointment of the Chairperson of the European Securities and Markets Authority Committee report | KindResolutions | Appointment approved | 527 for, 52 against, 86 abstained counted, no names | Votes1 |
| No.16 | Request for the waiver of the immunity of Afroditi Latinopoulou Committee report | KindImmunity | Immunity waived | Adopted show of hands — no count | Votes1 |
| No.17 | Request for the waiver of the immunity of Grzegorz Braun Committee report | KindImmunity | Immunity waived | Adopted show of hands — no count | Votes1 |
| No.18 | Request for the waiver of the immunity of Matej Tonin Committee report | KindImmunity | Immunity waived | 304 for, 306 against, 25 abstained counted, no names | Votes1 |
| No.19 | Request for the waiver of the immunity of Francisco Assis Committee report | KindImmunity | Immunity waived | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Sept 2026 | Separate vote on recital AU Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield | Separate vote | 461 for, 193 against, 8 abstained Adopted | For 70 % | Requested by ESN |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Separate vote on recital B Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield | Separate vote | 555 for, 94 against, 21 abstained Adopted | For 83 % | Requested by ESN |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 108 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield | Separate vote | 503 for, 108 against, 57 abstained Adopted | For 75 % | Requested by ESN |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 82 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield | Separate vote | 458 for, 163 against, 43 abstained Adopted | For 69 % | Requested by ESN |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 48 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield | Separate vote | 467 for, 185 against, 11 abstained Adopted | For 70 % | Requested by Patriots |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 47 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield | Separate vote | 458 for, 156 against, 47 abstained Adopted | For 69 % | Requested by ESN, Patriots |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 30 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield | Separate vote | 433 for, 137 against, 93 abstained Adopted | For 65 % | Requested by ESN |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 17 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield | Separate vote | 434 for, 235 against, 3 abstained Adopted | For 65 % | Requested by Patriots |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 12 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield | Separate vote | 404 for, 217 against, 30 abstained Adopted | For 62 % | Requested by Patriots |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 10 Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure | Separate vote | 369 for, 278 against, 17 abstained Adopted | For 56 % | Requested by Patriots |
Show the other 2 votes of this page
| Date | Vote | Kind | Result | For | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Sept 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 4 Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure | Separate vote | 598 for, 56 against, 14 abstained Adopted | For 90 % | Requested by Patriots |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 2 Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure | Separate vote | 588 for, 58 against, 19 abstained Adopted | For 88 % | 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 set out its positions on several climate and energy laws, fisheries rules and trade measures, and decided on immunity requests, with most votes carried by large majorities.
- Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: MEPs adopted their position on extending the mechanism from 1 January 2028 to selected steel- and aluminium-intensive downstream products and adding anti-circumvention measures, backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP, with ECR, Patriots and ESN mostly abstaining.
- Temporary Decarbonisation Fund: Parliament adopted its position on a proposed fund to support operators in energy-intensive sectors facing remaining carbon leakage risk, backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP, opposed by Patriots and ESN, with ECR mostly abstaining.
- Market stability reserve for EU ETS: MEPs adopted their position on ending the invalidation of allowances in the reserve, backed by S&D, Renew and EPP, opposed by ECR, Patriots and ESN, with The Left and Greens mostly abstaining.
- Market stability reserve for buildings and transport: Parliament adopted its position on changes to the reserve for buildings, road transport and additional sectors, including a shorter period for starting allowance distribution, backed by S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR, opposed by The Left, Greens, Patriots and ESN.
- Regional fisheries management measures: MEPs adopted their position on updating EU laws to bring conservation, management and control measures agreed multilaterally between 2018 and 2024 into EU law, backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR, opposed by Patriots, with ESN mostly abstaining.
Connections
The part-session and what the day’s decisions touch.
Other sittings of the part-session
- Sitting Monday, 14 September 2026 Plenary sitting 14 Sept 2026
- Sitting Wednesday, 16 September 2026 Plenary sitting 16 Sept 2026
- Sitting Thursday, 17 September 2026 Plenary sitting 17 Sept 2026
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 (2026). “Sitting of Tuesday 15 September 2026”. Sitting, 15 September 2026. sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-15. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2026-09-15?vkind=separate (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 15 September 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-15-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 15 September 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-15-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-15, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-09-15/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-sitting-2026-09-15,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Sitting of Tuesday 15 September 2026}},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-09-15},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2026-09-15?vkind=separate}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2026-09-15?vkind=separate},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Sitting. sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-15. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-15-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-15-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-15 (CC BY 4.0)}
}