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Paragraph 15 — part 4

White paper on the future of European defence

Vote
Paragraph 15 — part 4
Result
584 for · 51 against · 22 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
12 March 2025, 12:57
More facts (6)
Position
vote 51 of 194 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: EPP · split vote: The Left, Patriots, ECR
Official label
RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 – § 15/4
Vote id
172721
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Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Result: 584 for, 51 against, 22 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 89 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: ‘calls for the EU and its Member States to actively work towards maintaining and achieving the broadest possible international support for Ukraine and identifying a peaceful solution to the war that must be based on full respect for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, the principles of international law, accountability for war crimes and the crime of aggression, and Russian payments for the massive damage caused in Ukraine; urges the EU and its Member States to participate in establishing robust future security guarantees for Ukraine;’

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 33Against 8Abst. 0No vote 5 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.71
GreensFor 50Against 0Abst. 0No vote 3 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 128Against 0Abst. 1No vote 7 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
RenewFor 70Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 164Against 0Abst. 0No vote 24 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 69Against 1Abst. 1No vote 9 of 80Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
PatriotsFor 65Against 6Abst. 12No vote 3 of 86Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.67
ESNFor 1Against 18Abst. 5No vote 2 of 26Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.63
No groupFor 4Against 18Abst. 3No 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.

Countries × groups

How each country’s members of each group voted.

Patriots members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Austria050
Belgium300
Czechia810
Denmark100
Spain600
France3000
Greece100
Hungary1000
Italy007
Latvia100
Netherlands105
Poland200
Portugal200

Members

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No vote recorded, 62

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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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Paragraph 15 — part 4 — White paper on the future of European defence”. Vote, 12 March 2025. votingId 172721, reference 2025/2565(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172721 (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-2025-03-12-172721,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Paragraph 15 — part 4 — White paper on the future of European defence}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-03-12},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172721}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172721},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 172721, 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)}
}