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Final vote on the whole text

Setting up a Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office

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Final vote on the whole text
Result
441 for · 178 against · 34 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
18 December 2024, 12:16
More facts (7)
Effect
Adopted — this vote decided the decision
Position
vote 7 of 7 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: Patriots
Official label
B10-0216/2024 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
Vote id
171271
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Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Result: 441 for, 178 against, 34 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 68 % of the votes cast were for.

This was the final vote on the decision: Adopted.

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).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 25Against 10Abst. 7No vote 4 of 46Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.39
GreensFor 49Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 125Against 0Abst. 0No vote 11 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 74Against 0Abst. 0No vote 3 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 166Against 2Abst. 0No vote 20 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
ECRFor 1Against 43Abst. 27No vote 9 of 80Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.41
PatriotsFor 0Against 76Abst. 0No vote 10 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 0Against 22Abst. 0No vote 3 of 25Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 1Against 25Abst. 0No vote 2 of 28Majority 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.

Renew members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Austria200
Belgium500
Bulgaria400
Germany800
Denmark400
Estonia200
Spain100
Finland300
France1300
Ireland600
Lithuania200
Luxembourg100
Netherlands700
Poland100
Portugal200
Romania200
Sweden300
Slovenia200
Slovakia600

Members

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No vote recorded, 66

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.

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Sources & citation

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European Parliament (2024). “Final vote on the whole text — 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 171271, reference 2024/2999(RSO). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2024-12-18/171271 (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-2024-12-18-171271,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Final vote on the whole text — 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/2024-12-18/171271}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2024-12-18/171271},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 171271, 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)}
}