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Paragraph 7 — part 2

White paper on the future of European defence

Vote
Paragraph 7 — part 2
Decision
No. 6 of the sitting of 12 Mar 2025
Result
420 for · 222 against · 32 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
12 March 2025, 12:54
More facts (6)
Position
vote 31 of 194 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: ECR · split vote: ECR
Official label
RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 – § 7/2
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0151
Dossier
2025/2565(RSP)
Vote id
172696
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Result

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Result: 420 for, 222 against, 32 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 62 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: “those words”

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 3Against 31Abst. 9No vote 3 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.58
GreensFor 50Against 0Abst. 0No vote 3 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 129Against 4Abst. 1No vote 2 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.94
RenewFor 65Against 1Abst. 4No vote 5 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.89
EPPFor 168Against 5Abst. 3No vote 12 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
ECRFor 2Against 67Abst. 3No vote 8 of 80Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.90
PatriotsFor 0Against 81Abst. 1No vote 4 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.98
ESNFor 0Against 17Abst. 5No vote 4 of 26Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.66
No groupFor 3Against 16Abst. 6No vote 4 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.

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CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Bulgaria030
Czechia001
Germany0100
France010
Hungary010
Lithuania001
Poland003
Slovakia020

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European Parliament (2025). “Paragraph 7 — part 2 — White paper on the future of European defence”. Vote, 12 March 2025. votingId 172696, reference 2025/2565(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172696 (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-2025-03-12-172696,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Paragraph 7 — part 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/2025-03-12/172696}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172696},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 172696, 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)}
}