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Amendment 55 to paragraph 20

White paper on the future of European defence

Vote
Amendment 55 to paragraph 20
Decision
No. 6 of the sitting of 12 Mar 2025
Result
379 for · 270 against · 26 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
12 March 2025, 12:59
More facts (6)
Position
vote 65 of 194 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: The Left
Official label
RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 – § 20 – Am 55
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0151
Dossier
2025/2565(RSP)
Vote id
172738
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Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Result: 379 for, 270 against, 26 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 56 % 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 42Against 0Abst. 1No vote 3 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.97
GreensFor 49Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 134Against 0Abst. 0No vote 2 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 9Against 60Abst. 0No vote 6 of 75Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.80
EPPFor 24Against 148Abst. 3No vote 13 of 188Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.77
ECRFor 68Against 0Abst. 4No vote 8 of 80Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.92
PatriotsFor 49Against 24Abst. 10No vote 3 of 86Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.39
ESNFor 0Against 20Abst. 2No vote 4 of 26Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.86
No groupFor 4Against 18Abst. 6No 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.

Countries × groups

How each country’s members of each group voted.

The Left members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Belgium200
Cyprus001
Germany400
Denmark100
Spain400
Finland300
France800
Greece400
Ireland300
Italy900
Netherlands100
Portugal100
Sweden200

Members

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No vote recorded, 44

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172738
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European Parliament (2025). “Amendment 55 to paragraph 20 — White paper on the future of European defence”. Vote, 12 March 2025. votingId 172738, reference 2025/2565(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172738 (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-2025-03-12-172738,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amendment 55 to paragraph 20 — White paper on the future of European defence}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-03-12},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172738}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172738},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 172738, 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)}
}