Amendment 5 to paragraph 1, after point d · Setting up a Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office · Vote

Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Rejected · 32 % of the votes cast were for.

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. **No vote**: in office that day, no position recorded. **Majority line**: the most common position. **Clear line**: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. **Cohesion**: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 41	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 5 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Greens	For 49	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 4 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 5	Against 120	Abst. 0	No vote 11 of 136	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.94
Renew	For 4	Against 67	Abst. 0	No vote 6 of 77	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.92
EPP	For 1	Against 165	Abst. 0	No vote 22 of 188	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.99
ECR	For 23	Against 6	Abst. 42	No vote 9 of 80	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.39
Patriots	For 57	Against 13	Abst. 6	No vote 10 of 86	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.63
ESN	For 14	Against 3	Abst. 4	No vote 4 of 25	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.50
No group	For 12	Against 9	Abst. 4	No vote 3 of 28	Majority line —	Clear line No line	Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Fernand KARTHEISER changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Malika SOREL changed group, Milan MAZUREK changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Countries × groups

How each country’s members of each group voted.

Each cell: members of that country in that group who voted for – against – abstained (group at the date of the vote). Shading: the share of the cell's votes that were for; the stronger the shading, the more for (scale below). — : no member voted.
Country	The Left	Greens	S&D	Renew	EPP	ECR	Patriots	ESN	No group
Austria	no member voted	2–0–0	0–5–0	0–2–0	0–5–0	no member voted	6–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Belgium	2–0–0	1–0–0	0–4–0	0–5–0	0–2–0	0–0–2	2–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Bulgaria	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–0	0–4–0	0–5–0	0–0–1	no member voted	3–0–0	no member voted
Cyprus	1–0–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	0–2–0	0–0–1	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–0
Czechia	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–4–0	0–0–3	8–1–0	0–0–1	1–0–0
Germany	4–0–0	15–0–0	0–12–0	0–8–0	0–27–0	no member voted	no member voted	9–2–0	7–1–1
Denmark	1–0–0	3–0–0	0–3–0	0–3–0	0–2–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Estonia	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–0–1	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Spain	4–0–0	3–0–0	0–17–0	0–1–0	0–20–0	0–0–2	0–4–0	no member voted	0–0–1
Finland	3–0–0	1–0–0	0–2–0	0–3–0	0–2–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
France	9–0–0	5–0–0	0–12–0	0–13–0	0–5–0	0–4–0	29–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted
Greece	3–0–0	no member voted	0–3–0	no member voted	0–6–0	0–0–1	1–0–0	no member voted	2–2–0
Croatia	no member voted	1–0–0	4–0–0	no member voted	0–5–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Hungary	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	0–4–0	no member voted	0–8–0	0–1–0	no member voted
Ireland	3–0–0	no member voted	0–1–0	0–6–0	0–4–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Italy	8–0–0	3–0–0	0–19–0	no member voted	0–8–0	0–0–23	0–0–6	no member voted	no member voted
Lithuania	no member voted	1–0–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–3–0	0–0–1	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Luxembourg	no member voted	1–0–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Latvia	no member voted	1–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	0–1–0	0–0–3	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Malta	no member voted	no member voted	0–3–0	no member voted	0–2–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Netherlands	1–0–0	6–0–0	0–4–0	0–6–0	1–5–0	0–0–1	5–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Poland	no member voted	no member voted	0–3–0	0–1–0	0–22–0	17–0–0	2–0–0	0–0–3	0–0–1
Portugal	1–0–0	no member voted	0–8–0	0–2–0	0–6–0	no member voted	2–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Romania	no member voted	1–0–0	0–11–0	0–2–0	0–10–0	1–0–3	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–1
Sweden	1–0–0	3–0–0	0–5–0	3–0–0	0–5–0	3–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovenia	no member voted	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	0–5–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovakia	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	0–5–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0	2–4–0

Share for: 0–19 %20–39 %40–59 %60–79 %80–100 %

ESN members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
Country	For	Against	Abst.
Bulgaria	3	0	0
Czechia	0	0	1
Germany	9	2	0
France	1	0	0
Hungary	0	1	0
Poland	0	0	3
Slovakia	1	0	0

Members

Each member’s recorded position, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

Show all 645 members

No vote recorded, 74

Members in office that day without a recorded position. No vote recorded is not the same as absent: leave, illness or chairing the sitting look the same.

Show the 74 members

Name · group that day · country

Aldo PATRICIELLO group that day: Patriots · Italy
Alicia HOMS GINEL group that day: S&D · Spain
Alma EZCURRA ALMANSA group that day: EPP · Spain
Ana Miguel PEDRO group that day: EPP · Portugal
András LÁSZLÓ group that day: Patriots · Hungary
Andreas SCHWAB group that day: EPP · Germany
Angéline FURET group that day: Patriots · France
Asger CHRISTENSEN group that day: Renew · Denmark
Brando BENIFEI group that day: S&D · Italy
Brigitte VAN DEN BERG group that day: Renew · Netherlands
Carmen CRESPO DÍAZ group that day: EPP · Spain
Christian EHLER group that day: EPP · Germany
Cristian TERHEŞ group that day: ECR · Romania
Cristina GUARDA group that day: Greens · Italy
Daniel CASPARY group that day: EPP · Germany
Daniel OBAJTEK group that day: ECR · Poland
Diana RIBA I GINER group that day: Greens · Spain
Dominik TARCZYŃSKI group that day: ECR · Poland
Elena YONCHEVA group that day: Renew · Bulgaria
Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI group that day: EPP · Greece
Eszter LAKOS group that day: EPP · Hungary
Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO group that day: EPP · Italy
Galato ALEXANDRAKI group that day: ECR · Greece
Gerolf ANNEMANS group that day: Patriots · Belgium
Gheorghe PIPEREA group that day: ECR · Romania
Hermann TERTSCH group that day: Patriots · Spain
Ilaria SALIS group that day: The Left · Italy
Inese VAIDERE group that day: EPP · Latvia
Irmhild BOSSDORF group that day: ESN · Germany
Ivars IJABS group that day: Renew · Latvia
Javi LÓPEZ group that day: S&D · Spain
Jean-Marc GERMAIN group that day: S&D · France
João OLIVEIRA group that day: The Left · Portugal
Johan VAN OVERTVELDT group that day: ECR · Belgium
Jonas SJÖSTEDT group that day: The Left · Sweden
Jorge MARTÍN FRÍAS group that day: Patriots · Spain
José CEPEDA group that day: S&D · Spain
Katarina BARLEY group that day: S&D · Germany
Kinga GÁL group that day: Patriots · Hungary
Kinga KOLLÁR group that day: EPP · Hungary
Klára DOBREV group that day: S&D · Hungary
Konstantinos ARVANITIS group that day: The Left · Greece
Krzysztof HETMAN group that day: EPP · Poland
Laurent CASTILLO group that day: EPP · France
Liesbet SOMMEN group that day: EPP · Belgium
Manuela RIPA group that day: EPP · Germany
Marina KALJURAND group that day: S&D · Estonia
Martin HOJSÍK group that day: Renew · Slovakia
Maximilian KRAH group that day: No group · Germany
Mika AALTOLA group that day: EPP · Finland
Mimmo LUCANO group that day: The Left · Italy
Monika BEŇOVÁ group that day: No group · Slovakia
Nikolina BRNJAC group that day: EPP · Croatia
Ondřej DOSTÁL group that day: No group · Czechia
Ondřej KOLÁŘ group that day: EPP · Czechia
Pál SZEKERES group that day: Patriots · Hungary
Péter MAGYAR group that day: EPP · Hungary
Petr BYSTRON group that day: ESN · Germany
Petras GRAŽULIS group that day: ESN · Lithuania
Radan KANEV group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
Roberta METSOLA group that day: EPP · Malta
Sabrina REPP group that day: S&D · Germany
Sandro RUOTOLO group that day: S&D · Italy
Saskia BRICMONT group that day: Greens · Belgium
Siegbert Frank DROESE group that day: ESN · Germany
Silvia SARDONE group that day: Patriots · Italy
Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN group that day: EPP · Finland
Stefano CAVEDAGNA group that day: ECR · Italy
Tobiasz BOCHEŃSKI group that day: ECR · Poland
Ton DIEPEVEEN group that day: Patriots · Netherlands
Tsvetelina PENKOVA group that day: S&D · Bulgaria
Ville NIINISTÖ group that day: Greens · Finland
Vlad VASILE-VOICULESCU group that day: Renew · Romania
Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI group that day: ECR · Lithuania

Similar votes

Roll calls that split the chamber the most similarly: r is the correlation of members’ positions, over the members who voted in both. Other votes on the same decision are left out.

**Result**: for–against–abstained. **For**: share of the votes cast. **Requested by**: the groups that asked for a roll call.
Date	Vote	Kind	Result	For	Requested by	r · shared
20 Jan 2025	Ordre du jour de mercredi — Demande du groupe The Left Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group	Other	196 for, 221 against, 10 abstained Rejected	For 46 %		r · shared0.84 387 voters
18 Jun 2026	Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 6 Continued crackdown on civic space and fundamental freedoms in Burkina Faso	Amendment	153 for, 315 against, 92 abstained Rejected	For 27 %	Requested by The Left	r · shared0.79 500 voters
9 Oct 2025	Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 15 Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2024	Amendment	217 for, 333 against, 64 abstained Rejected	For 35 %	Requested by The Left	r · shared0.77 556 voters

Show 7 more

**Result**: for–against–abstained. **For**: share of the votes cast. **Requested by**: the groups that asked for a roll call.
Date	Vote	Kind	Result	For	Requested by	r · shared
22 Oct 2025	Amendment 81, adding text after paragraph 25 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections	Amendment	211 for, 379 against, 62 abstained Rejected	For 32 %	Requested by The Left	r · shared0.76 583 voters
12 Mar 2026	Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 12 Multilateral negotiations in view of the WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, 26 to 29 March 2026	Amendment	133 for, 385 against, 25 abstained Rejected	For 24 %	Requested by The Left	r · shared0.75 484 voters
16 Dec 2025	Amendment 23 to Article 3 Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products	Amendment	296 for, 340 against, 25 abstained Rejected	For 45 %	Requested by The Left	r · shared0.75 597 voters
27 Nov 2025	Amendment 1, adding text after recital D Escalating repression of the Baha’is in Iran	Amendment	150 for, 388 against, 45 abstained Rejected	For 26 %	Requested by The Left	r · shared0.74 528 voters
16 Dec 2025	Amendment 18 to recital 2 Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products	Amendment	285 for, 367 against, 7 abstained Rejected	For 43 %	Requested by The Left	r · shared0.74 595 voters
17 Dec 2024	Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 12 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023	Amendment	306 for, 320 against, 21 abstained Rejected	For 47 %	Requested by ECR	r · shared0.74 618 voters
17 Dec 2024	Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 19 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023	Amendment	276 for, 338 against, 29 abstained Rejected	For 43 %	Requested by Greens	r · shared0.74 613 voters

How similarity is measured

Compare with another vote

Groups’ lines side by side, and the members who switched between the two votes.

Connections

This vote’s decision, the other votes on it, and related votes.

Show 7 connections: The decision · Other votes on this decision

The decision

Decision Setting up a Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office Resolution · motion for a resolution 18 Dec 2024 Adopted

Other votes on this decision

Vote Setting up a Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office — Amendment 2 to paragraph 1, after point d Roll-call vote · 18 Dec 2024 18 Dec 2024
Vote Setting up a Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office — Amendment 3 to paragraph 1, after point d Roll-call vote · 18 Dec 2024 18 Dec 2024
Vote Setting up a Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office — Amendment 4 to paragraph 1, after point d Roll-call vote · 18 Dec 2024 18 Dec 2024
Vote Setting up a Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office — Amendment 6 to paragraph 1, point f Roll-call vote · 18 Dec 2024 18 Dec 2024
Vote Setting up a Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office — Amendment 1 to recital A Roll-call vote · 18 Dec 2024 18 Dec 2024
Vote Setting up a Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office — Final vote — text as a whole Roll-call vote · 18 Dec 2024 18 Dec 2024 Adopted

See all

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2024-12-18/171268
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 18 December 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 18 December 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-12-18
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Amendment 5 to paragraph 1, after point d — Setting up a Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office”. Vote, 18 December 2024. votingId 171268, reference 2024/2999(RSO). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2024-12-18/171268 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 18 December 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-12-18-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 18 December 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-12-18-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-12-18, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-12-18/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-vote-2024-12-18-171268,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amendment 5 to paragraph 1, after point d — Setting up a Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-12-18},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2024-12-18/171268}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2024-12-18/171268},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 171268, reference 2024/2999(RSO). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-12-18-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-12-18-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-12-18 (CC BY 4.0)}
}