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Amendment 42, after paragraph 2

White paper on the future of European defence

Vote
Amendment 42, after paragraph 2
Decision
No. 6 of the sitting of 12 Mar 2025
Result
173 for · 458 against · 48 abstained Rejected · roll call
Date
12 March 2025, 12:48
More facts (6)
Position
vote 11 of 194 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: The Left
Official label
RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 – After § 2 – Am 42
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0151
Dossier
2025/2565(RSP)
Vote id
172673
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Result

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Result: 173 for, 458 against, 48 abstained (roll call).

Rejected · 25 % 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 40Against 0Abst. 4No vote 2 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.86
GreensFor 14Against 37Abst. 0No vote 2 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.59
S&DFor 5Against 121Abst. 8No vote 2 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.85
RenewFor 7Against 62Abst. 1No vote 5 of 75Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.83
EPPFor 6Against 168Abst. 0No vote 14 of 188Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.95
ECRFor 8Against 61Abst. 3No vote 8 of 80Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.77
PatriotsFor 53Against 7Abst. 23No vote 3 of 86Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.46
ESNFor 22Against 1Abst. 1No vote 2 of 26Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.88
No groupFor 18Against 1Abst. 8No vote 2 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.

ECR members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Belgium002
Bulgaria010
Cyprus010
Czechia030
Denmark100
Estonia010
Spain020
Finland010
France300
Greece001
Croatia010
Italy0220
Lithuania010
Luxembourg100
Latvia020
Netherlands010
Poland0200
Romania050
Sweden300

Members

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No vote recorded, 40

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European Parliament (2025). “Amendment 42, after paragraph 2 — White paper on the future of European defence”. Vote, 12 March 2025. votingId 172673, reference 2025/2565(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172673 (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-2025-03-12-172673,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amendment 42, after paragraph 2 — White paper on the future of European defence}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-03-12},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172673}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172673},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 172673, 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)}
}