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Paragraph 29 — part 3

White paper on the future of European defence

Vote
Paragraph 29 — part 3
Decision
No. 6 of the sitting of 12 Mar 2025
Result
528 for · 63 against · 85 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
12 March 2025, 13:00
More facts (6)
Position
vote 72 of 194 on the decision
Requested by
split vote: The Left, Patriots
Official label
RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 – § 29/3
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0151
Dossier
2025/2565(RSP)
Vote id
172746
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Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Result: 528 for, 63 against, 85 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 78 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: “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 3Against 30Abst. 11No vote 2 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.52
GreensFor 44Against 3Abst. 3No vote 3 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.82
S&DFor 127Against 3Abst. 1No vote 5 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.95
RenewFor 67Against 2Abst. 0No vote 6 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
EPPFor 173Against 0Abst. 2No vote 13 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
ECRFor 72Against 0Abst. 1No vote 7 of 80Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
PatriotsFor 36Against 6Abst. 41No vote 3 of 86Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided Cohesion 0.24
ESNFor 2Against 0Abst. 21No vote 3 of 26Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.87
No groupFor 4Against 19Abst. 5No 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

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No group members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Bulgaria101
Cyprus010
Czechia020
Germany190
Spain001
Greece130
Poland001
Romania001
Slovakia141

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No vote recorded, 43

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European Parliament (2025). “Paragraph 29 — part 3 — White paper on the future of European defence”. Vote, 12 March 2025. votingId 172746, reference 2025/2565(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172746 (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-2025-03-12-172746,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Paragraph 29 — part 3 — White paper on the future of European defence}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-03-12},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172746}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172746},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 172746, 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)}
}