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Paragraph 15 — part 1

White paper on the future of European defence

Vote
Paragraph 15 — part 1
Decision
No. 6 of the sitting of 12 Mar 2025
Result
475 for · 138 against · 63 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
12 March 2025, 12:56
More facts (6)
Position
vote 48 of 194 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: EPP · split vote: The Left, Patriots, ECR
Official label
RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 – § 15/1
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0151
Dossier
2025/2565(RSP)
Vote id
172718
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Result

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Result: 475 for, 138 against, 63 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 70 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: ‘Urges the EU and its Member States to stand firmly on the side of Ukraine; recalls its conviction that it is on the Ukrainian battlefields that the future of Europe will be decided and that the trajectory of Russia’s war against Ukraine will be decisively shifted; underlines that such a shift now depends almost entirely on Europe;’

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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 18Against 19Abst. 6No vote 3 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.16
GreensFor 50Against 0Abst. 1No vote 2 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.97
S&DFor 126Against 0Abst. 4No vote 6 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.95
RenewFor 71Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 166Against 8Abst. 2No vote 12 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.91
ECRFor 41Against 1Abst. 29No vote 9 of 80Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.37
PatriotsFor 0Against 69Abst. 13No vote 4 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.76
ESNFor 0Against 19Abst. 5No vote 2 of 26Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.69
No groupFor 3Against 22Abst. 3No vote 1 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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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
Austria500
Belgium300
Bulgaria400
Cyprus200
Czechia500
Germany3001
Denmark200
Estonia100
Spain1910
Finland400
France500
Greece700
Croatia600
Hungary070
Ireland301
Italy800
Lithuania300
Luxembourg200
Latvia200
Malta200
Netherlands600
Poland2200
Portugal500
Romania900
Sweden500
Slovenia500
Slovakia100

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Result: for–against–abstained. For: share of the votes cast. Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call.
DateVoteKindResultForRequested byr · shared
13 Feb 2025Paragraph 9 — part 2 Further deterioration of the political situation in GeorgiaSplit vote394 for, 113 against, 43 abstained Adopted For 72 %Requested by Patriotsr · shared0.92 527 voters
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 16 — part 2 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaSplit vote419 for, 138 against, 32 abstained Adopted For 71 %Requested by ESNr · shared0.92 562 voters
13 Feb 2025Separate vote on paragraph 7 Further deterioration of the political situation in GeorgiaSeparate vote417 for, 96 against, 46 abstained Adopted For 75 %Requested by ESNr · shared0.91 536 voters
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Result: for–against–abstained. For: share of the votes cast. Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call.
DateVoteKindResultForRequested byr · shared
28 Nov 2024Separate vote on paragraph 11 Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraudSeparate vote435 for, 101 against, 66 abstained Adopted For 72 %Requested by ECRr · shared0.90 569 voters
17 Dec 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependenciesFinal500 for, 120 against, 32 abstained Adopted For 77 %r · shared0.90 611 voters
21 Jan 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Addressing impunity through EU sanctions, including the EU Global Human Rights sanctions regime (so-called ‘EU Magnitsky Act’)Final440 for, 127 against, 59 abstained Adopted For 70 %r · shared0.90 585 voters
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 19 — part 2 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesSplit vote424 for, 122 against, 61 abstained Adopted For 70 %r · shared0.90 577 voters
30 Apr 2026Paragraph 15 — part 3 Ensuring accountability and justice in response to Russia’s continued attacks against the civilian population in UkraineSplit vote394 for, 124 against, 48 abstained Adopted For 70 %r · shared0.90 530 voters
24 Feb 2026Paragraph 23 — part 2 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineSplit vote404 for, 131 against, 64 abstained Adopted For 67 %Requested by Patriotsr · shared0.90 563 voters
13 Feb 2025Separate vote on paragraph 8 Further deterioration of the political situation in GeorgiaSeparate vote412 for, 85 against, 60 abstained Adopted For 74 %Requested by ESNr · shared0.89 536 voters

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European Parliament (2025). “Paragraph 15 — part 1 — White paper on the future of European defence”. Vote, 12 March 2025. votingId 172718, reference 2025/2565(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172718 (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-2025-03-12-172718,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Paragraph 15 — part 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/2025-03-12/172718}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172718},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 172718, 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)}
}