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Amendment 36, before paragraph 1

White paper on the future of European defence

Vote
Amendment 36, before paragraph 1
Result
87 for · 520 against · 14 abstained Rejected · roll call
Date
12 March 2025, 12:46
More facts (6)
Position
vote 1 of 194 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: The Left
Official label
RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 – Before § 1 – Am 36
Vote id
172664
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Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Result: 87 for, 520 against, 14 abstained (roll call).

Rejected · 14 % 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).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 34Against 7Abst. 1No vote 4 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.71
GreensFor 2Against 40Abst. 2No vote 9 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.86
S&DFor 8Against 120Abst. 0No vote 8 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.91
RenewFor 1Against 64Abst. 0No vote 10 of 75Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.98
EPPFor 4Against 144Abst. 0No vote 40 of 188Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.96
ECRFor 2Against 66Abst. 0No vote 12 of 80Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.96
PatriotsFor 15Against 56Abst. 7No vote 8 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.58
ESNFor 2Against 20Abst. 0No vote 4 of 26Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.86
No groupFor 19Against 3Abst. 4No vote 3 of 29Majority 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, 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.

EPP members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Austria040
Belgium020
Bulgaria030
Cyprus020
Czechia050
Germany1250
Denmark020
Estonia010
Spain1160
Finland030
France030
Greece040
Croatia060
Hungary010
Ireland040
Italy070
Lithuania020
Luxembourg020
Latvia020
Malta020
Netherlands150
Poland1190
Portugal060
Romania080
Sweden050
Slovenia040
Slovakia010

Members

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No vote recorded, 98

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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Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Amendment 36, before paragraph 1 — White paper on the future of European defence”. Vote, 12 March 2025. votingId 172664, reference 2025/2565(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172664 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 12 March 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-03-12-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 12 March 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-03-12-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-03-12, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-03-12/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-vote-2025-03-12-172664,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amendment 36, before paragraph 1 — White paper on the future of European defence}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-03-12},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172664}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172664},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 172664, reference 2025/2565(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-03-12-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-03-12-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-03-12 (CC BY 4.0)}
}