Amendment 36, before paragraph 1 · White paper on the future of European defence · Vote

Result

The vote as recorded by name.

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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 34	Against 7	Abst. 1	No vote 4 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.71
Greens	For 2	Against 40	Abst. 2	No vote 9 of 53	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.86
S&D	For 8	Against 120	Abst. 0	No vote 8 of 136	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.91
Renew	For 1	Against 64	Abst. 0	No vote 10 of 75	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.98
EPP	For 4	Against 144	Abst. 0	No vote 40 of 188	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.96
ECR	For 2	Against 66	Abst. 0	No vote 12 of 80	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.96
Patriots	For 15	Against 56	Abst. 7	No vote 8 of 86	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.58
ESN	For 2	Against 20	Abst. 0	No vote 4 of 26	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.86
No group	For 19	Against 3	Abst. 4	No vote 3 of 29	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, 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	0–2–0	0–5–0	0–1–0	0–4–0	no member voted	5–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Belgium	2–0–0	0–1–0	0–4–0	0–3–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–3–0	no member voted	no member voted
Bulgaria	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	0–3–0	0–3–0	0–1–0	no member voted	0–3–0	1–1–0
Cyprus	1–0–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	0–2–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0
Czechia	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–5–0	0–3–0	8–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0
Germany	4–0–0	0–13–0	0–14–0	0–7–0	1–25–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–10–0	8–1–0
Denmark	0–1–0	0–3–0	0–3–0	0–4–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Estonia	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Spain	3–0–1	1–0–0	1–19–0	0–1–0	1–16–0	0–2–0	0–6–0	no member voted	0–0–1
Finland	0–3–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–3–0	0–3–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
France	8–0–0	0–4–1	0–13–0	0–11–0	0–3–0	0–3–0	0–30–0	0–1–0	no member voted
Greece	4–0–0	no member voted	0–3–0	no member voted	0–4–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	no member voted	2–0–2
Croatia	no member voted	0–0–1	0–3–0	no member voted	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Hungary	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	0–6–0	0–1–0	no member voted
Ireland	3–0–0	no member voted	0–1–0	1–5–0	0–4–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Italy	7–0–0	1–1–0	1–16–0	no member voted	0–7–0	0–21–0	0–0–7	no member voted	no member voted
Lithuania	no member voted	0–1–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted
Luxembourg	no member voted	0–1–0	0–1–0	no member voted	0–2–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Latvia	no member voted	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Malta	no member voted	no member voted	3–0–0	no member voted	0–2–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Netherlands	0–1–0	0–5–0	0–4–0	0–5–0	1–5–0	0–1–0	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted
Poland	no member voted	no member voted	0–3–0	0–1–0	1–19–0	0–20–0	0–2–0	0–3–0	0–0–1
Portugal	2–0–0	no member voted	0–6–0	0–2–0	0–6–0	no member voted	2–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Romania	no member voted	0–1–0	0–10–0	0–3–0	0–8–0	1–4–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–0
Sweden	0–2–0	0–3–0	0–5–0	0–3–0	0–5–0	0–3–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovenia	no member voted	0–1–0	1–0–0	0–1–0	0–4–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovakia	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	0–6–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	1–1–0	5–0–0

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

Greens members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
Country	For	Against	Abst.
Austria	0	2	0
Belgium	0	1	0
Czechia	0	1	0
Germany	0	13	0
Denmark	0	3	0
Spain	1	0	0
Finland	0	2	0
France	0	4	1
Croatia	0	0	1
Italy	1	1	0
Lithuania	0	1	0
Luxembourg	0	1	0
Latvia	0	1	0
Netherlands	0	5	0
Romania	0	1	0
Sweden	0	3	0
Slovenia	0	1	0

Members

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

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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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Name · group that day · country

Alessandro CIRIANI group that day: ECR · Italy
Alma EZCURRA ALMANSA group that day: EPP · Spain
Ana MIRANDA PAZ group that day: Greens · Spain
András LÁSZLÓ group that day: Patriots · Hungary
András Tivadar KULJA group that day: EPP · Hungary
Andreas GLÜCK group that day: Renew · Germany
Angelika WINZIG group that day: EPP · Austria
Anna Maria CISINT group that day: Patriots · Italy
Assita KANKO group that day: ECR · Belgium
Aura SALLA group that day: EPP · Finland
Bart GROOTHUIS group that day: Renew · Netherlands
Benoit CASSART group that day: Renew · Belgium
Borys BUDKA group that day: EPP · Poland
Branko GRIMS group that day: EPP · Slovenia
Charles GOERENS group that day: Renew · Luxembourg
Christian DOLESCHAL group that day: EPP · Germany
Claudiu MANDA group that day: S&D · Romania
Cristian TERHEŞ group that day: ECR · Romania
Csaba DÖMÖTÖR group that day: Patriots · Hungary
Diana IOVANOVICI ŞOŞOACĂ group that day: No group · Romania
Diana RIBA I GINER group that day: Greens · Spain
Dóra DÁVID group that day: EPP · Hungary
Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA group that day: EPP · Poland
Emil RADEV group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
Emmanouil KEFALOGIANNIS group that day: EPP · Greece
Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA group that day: EPP · Spain
Eszter LAKOS group that day: EPP · Hungary
Eva MAYDELL group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
François-Xavier BELLAMY group that day: EPP · France
Fredis BELERIS group that day: EPP · Greece
Galato ALEXANDRAKI group that day: ECR · Greece
Georg MAYER group that day: Patriots · Austria
Georgios AFTIAS group that day: EPP · Greece
Giorgio GORI group that day: S&D · Italy
Giuseppe MILAZZO group that day: ECR · Italy
Giusi PRINCI group that day: EPP · Italy
Guillaume PELTIER group that day: ECR · France
Hans NEUHOFF group that day: ESN · Germany
Helmut BRANDSTÄTTER group that day: Renew · Austria
Hildegard BENTELE group that day: EPP · Germany
Ignazio Roberto MARINO group that day: Greens · Italy
Ilaria SALIS group that day: The Left · Italy
Ilia LAZAROV group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
Irena JOVEVA group that day: Renew · Slovenia
Isabelle LE CALLENNEC group that day: EPP · France
Isilda GOMES group that day: S&D · Portugal
Jaak MADISON group that day: ECR · Estonia
Jagna MARCZUŁAJTIS-WALCZAK group that day: EPP · Poland
Jaume ASENS LLODRÀ group that day: Greens · Spain
Judita LAŠŠÁKOVÁ group that day: No group · Slovakia
Kinga GÁL group that day: Patriots · Hungary
Kinga KOLLÁR group that day: EPP · Hungary
Lara MAGONI group that day: ECR · Italy
Leoluca ORLANDO group that day: Greens · Italy
Lídia PEREIRA group that day: EPP · Portugal
Lukas SIEPER group that day: No group · Germany
Marc JONGEN group that day: ESN · Germany
Mario FURORE group that day: The Left · Italy
Michael BLOSS group that day: Greens · Germany
Mimmo LUCANO group that day: The Left · Italy
Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA group that day: EPP · Romania
Nadine MORANO group that day: EPP · France
Niclas HERBST group that day: EPP · Germany
Nicola ZINGARETTI group that day: S&D · Italy
Nicolás PASCUAL DE LA PARTE group that day: EPP · Spain
Norbert LINS group that day: EPP · Germany
Olivier CHASTEL group that day: Renew · Belgium
Ondřej KOVAŘÍK group that day: Patriots · Czechia
Pál SZEKERES group that day: Patriots · Hungary
Pascal ARIMONT group that day: EPP · Belgium
Pascal CANFIN group that day: Renew · France
Paulius SAUDARGAS group that day: EPP · Lithuania
Péter MAGYAR group that day: EPP · Hungary
Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA group that day: EPP · Spain
Raffaele TOPO group that day: S&D · Italy
Raquel GARCÍA HERMIDA-VAN DER WALLE group that day: Renew · Netherlands
Reinier VAN LANSCHOT group that day: Greens · Netherlands
René AUST group that day: ESN · Germany
Rihards KOLS group that day: ECR · Latvia
Riho TERRAS group that day: EPP · Estonia
Roberta METSOLA group that day: EPP · Malta
Roberts ZĪLE group that day: ECR · Latvia
Romana JERKOVIĆ group that day: S&D · Croatia
Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT group that day: EPP · Spain
Salvatore DE MEO group that day: EPP · Italy
Sandro RUOTOLO group that day: S&D · Italy
Sara MATTHIEU group that day: Greens · Belgium
Sérgio GONÇALVES group that day: S&D · Portugal
Siegbert Frank DROESE group that day: ESN · Germany
Stephen Nikola BARTULICA group that day: ECR · Croatia
Tamás DEUTSCH group that day: Patriots · Hungary
Terry REINTKE group that day: Greens · Germany
Valérie DEVAUX group that day: Renew · France
Verena MERTENS group that day: EPP · Germany
Virgil-Daniel POPESCU group that day: EPP · Romania
Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI group that day: ECR · Lithuania
Younous OMARJEE group that day: The Left · France
Zoltán TARR group that day: EPP · Hungary

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The decision

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172664
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 12 March 2025 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 12 March 2025 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-03-12
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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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)}
}