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Paragraph 29 — part 2

White paper on the future of European defence

Vote
Paragraph 29 — part 2
Decision
No. 6 of the sitting of 12 Mar 2025
Result
567 for · 27 against · 75 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
12 March 2025, 13:00
More facts (6)
Position
vote 71 of 194 on the decision
Requested by
split vote: The Left, Patriots
Official label
RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 – § 29/2
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0151
Dossier
2025/2565(RSP)
Vote id
172745
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Result

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Result: 567 for, 27 against, 75 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 85 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: ‘reiterates its call for the protection of critical underwater infrastructure via the establishment of EU-specific rapid response strategies for underwater infrastructure protection, operating in alignment with NATO; encourages investment in advanced detection and surveillance systems for underwater infrastructure monitoring;’ without the words: ‘operating in alignment with NATO’

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 41Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 49Against 0Abst. 1No vote 3 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.97
S&DFor 132Against 0Abst. 1No vote 3 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
RenewFor 68Against 1Abst. 0No vote 6 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
EPPFor 174Against 0Abst. 0No vote 14 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 71Against 1Abst. 1No vote 7 of 80Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
PatriotsFor 28Against 9Abst. 44No vote 5 of 86Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided Cohesion 0.31
ESNFor 1Against 0Abst. 21No vote 4 of 26Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.93
No groupFor 3Against 16Abst. 7No vote 3 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.

EPP members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Austria500
Belgium300
Bulgaria500
Cyprus200
Czechia500
Germany3100
Denmark200
Estonia100
Spain1900
Finland400
France500
Greece600
Croatia600
Hungary700
Ireland400
Italy800
Lithuania300
Luxembourg200
Latvia200
Malta200
Netherlands600
Poland2200
Portugal500
Romania900
Sweden500
Slovenia400
Slovakia100

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172745
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European Parliament (2025). “Paragraph 29 — part 2 — White paper on the future of European defence”. Vote, 12 March 2025. votingId 172745, reference 2025/2565(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172745 (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-2025-03-12-172745,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Paragraph 29 — 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/2025-03-12/172745}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172745},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 172745, 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)}
}