Vote · Roll call
Paragraph 44 — part 1
White paper on the future of European defence
- Vote
- Paragraph 44 — part 1
- Decision
- No. 6 of the sitting of 12 Mar 2025
- Result
- 561 for · 76 against · 41 abstained Adopted · roll call
- Date
- 12 March 2025, 13:02
More facts (6)
- Position
- vote 85 of 194 on the decision
- Requested by
- roll call: Patriots · split vote: The Left
- Official label
- RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 – § 44/1
- Dossier
- 2025/2565(RSP)
- Vote id
- 172762
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Roll-call results (EP) (opens the official site)Result
The vote as recorded by name.
Result: 561 for, 76 against, 41 abstained (roll call).
Adopted · 83 % of the votes cast were for.
Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘stresses that this must be done in cooperation with NATO by drafting a strategic plan for developing mobility;’”
Groups
| Group | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Majority line | Clear line | Cohesion | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | For 13 | Against 17 | Abst. 13 | No vote 3 of 46 | Majority line Against | Clear line Divided | Cohesion 0.09 | |
| Greens | For 50 | Against 0 | Abst. 1 | No vote 2 of 53 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.97 | |
| S&D | For 130 | Against 3 | Abst. 0 | No vote 3 of 136 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.97 | |
| Renew | For 69 | Against 2 | Abst. 0 | No vote 4 of 75 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.96 | |
| EPP | For 174 | Against 1 | Abst. 1 | No vote 12 of 188 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.98 | |
| ECR | For 67 | Against 1 | Abst. 5 | No vote 7 of 80 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.88 | |
| Patriots | For 56 | Against 13 | Abst. 12 | No vote 5 of 86 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.54 | |
| ESN | For 0 | Against 18 | Abst. 5 | No vote 3 of 26 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 0.67 | |
| No group | For 2 | Against 21 | Abst. 4 | No vote 2 of 29 | Majority 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.
| Country | The Left | Greens | S&D | Renew | EPP | ECR | Patriots | ESN | No group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | no member voted | 2–0–0 | 5–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 4–0–0 | no member voted | 0–5–0 | no member voted | no member voted |
| Belgium | 0–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 4–0–0 | 5–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 3–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted |
| Bulgaria | no member voted | no member voted | 2–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 5–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | 0–3–0 | 0–0–2 |
| Cyprus | 0–1–0 | no member voted | 1–0–0 | no member voted | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | 0–1–0 |
| Czechia | no member voted | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | 4–1–0 | 3–0–0 | 1–7–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 |
| Germany | 0–3–1 | 14–0–0 | 14–0–0 | 7–0–0 | 31–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | 0–12–0 | 1–8–0 |
| Denmark | 1–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 4–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–1 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted |
| Estonia | no member voted | no member voted | 2–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted |
| Spain | 0–3–1 | 4–0–0 | 20–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 20–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–1–5 | no member voted | 0–0–1 |
| Finland | 3–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 4–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted |
| France | 8–0–0 | 5–0–0 | 13–0–0 | 12–0–0 | 5–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 30–0–0 | 0–0–1 | no member voted |
| Greece | 0–1–3 | no member voted | 3–0–0 | no member voted | 7–0–0 | 0–0–1 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | 0–4–0 |
| Croatia | no member voted | 1–0–0 | 3–0–0 | no member voted | 6–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted |
| Hungary | no member voted | no member voted | 2–0–0 | no member voted | 7–0–0 | no member voted | 10–0–0 | 0–1–0 | no member voted |
| Ireland | 0–3–0 | no member voted | 1–0–0 | 4–2–0 | 4–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted |
| Italy | 0–0–8 | 3–0–1 | 20–0–0 | no member voted | 8–0–0 | 22–0–0 | 0–0–7 | no member voted | no member voted |
| Lithuania | no member voted | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | 0–0–1 | no member voted |
| Luxembourg | no member voted | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | 2–0–0 | 0–1–0 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted |
| Latvia | no member voted | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted |
| Malta | no member voted | no member voted | 0–3–0 | no member voted | 1–0–1 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted |
| Netherlands | 1–0–0 | 6–0–0 | 4–0–0 | 7–0–0 | 6–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 6–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted |
| Poland | no member voted | no member voted | 3–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 22–0–0 | 20–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–2 | 0–0–1 |
| Portugal | 0–2–0 | no member voted | 8–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 5–0–0 | no member voted | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted |
| Romania | no member voted | 1–0–0 | 10–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 9–0–0 | 5–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | 1–0–0 |
| Sweden | 0–2–0 | 3–0–0 | 5–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 5–0–0 | 0–0–3 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted |
| Slovenia | no member voted | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 5–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted |
| Slovakia | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted | 6–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | 0–1–1 | 0–6–0 |
Share for: 0–19 %20–39 %40–59 %60–79 %80–100 %
| Country | For | Against | Abst. | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Czechia | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spain | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| France | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hungary | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Netherlands | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Poland | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Members
Each member’s recorded position, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.
No vote recorded, 41
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.
Show the 41 members
Name · group that day · country
- Alessandro CIRIANI group that day: ECR · Italy
- Alexander BERNHUBER group that day: EPP · Austria
- Alma EZCURRA ALMANSA group that day: EPP · Spain
- András LÁSZLÓ group that day: Patriots · Hungary
- Andreas GLÜCK group that day: Renew · Germany
- Anna Maria CISINT group that day: Patriots · Italy
- Assita KANKO group that day: ECR · Belgium
- Borys BUDKA group that day: EPP · Poland
- Cecilia STRADA group that day: S&D · Italy
- Charles GOERENS group that day: Renew · Luxembourg
- Claudiu MANDA group that day: S&D · Romania
- Cristian TERHEŞ group that day: ECR · Romania
- Diana IOVANOVICI ŞOŞOACĂ group that day: No group · Romania
- Emil RADEV group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
- Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK group that day: ESN · Poland
- Galato ALEXANDRAKI group that day: ECR · Greece
- Georg MAYER group that day: Patriots · Austria
- Giuseppe MILAZZO group that day: ECR · Italy
- Guillaume PELTIER group that day: ECR · France
- Hans NEUHOFF group that day: ESN · Germany
- Helmut BRANDSTÄTTER group that day: Renew · Austria
- Ilaria SALIS group that day: The Left · Italy
- Lídia PEREIRA group that day: EPP · Portugal
- Maximilian KRAH group that day: No group · Germany
- Mimmo LUCANO group that day: The Left · Italy
- Nadine MORANO group that day: EPP · France
- Nicolás PASCUAL DE LA PARTE group that day: EPP · Spain
- Ondřej KOVAŘÍK group that day: Patriots · Czechia
- Paulo CUNHA group that day: EPP · Portugal
- Riho TERRAS group that day: EPP · Estonia
- Roberta METSOLA group that day: EPP · Malta
- Romana JERKOVIĆ group that day: S&D · Croatia
- Salvatore DE MEO group that day: EPP · Italy
- Sara MATTHIEU group that day: Greens · Belgium
- Siegbert Frank DROESE group that day: ESN · Germany
- Terry REINTKE group that day: Greens · Germany
- Tiago MOREIRA DE SÁ group that day: Patriots · Portugal
- Valérie DEVAUX group that day: Renew · France
- Virgil-Daniel POPESCU group that day: EPP · Romania
- Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI group that day: ECR · Lithuania
- Younous OMARJEE group that day: The Left · France
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Roll calls that split the chamber the most similarly: r is the correlation of members’ positions, over the members who voted in both. Other votes on the same decision are left out.
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Connections
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Show 11 connections: The decision · Other votes on this decision
The decision
- Decision White paper on the future of European defence Resolution · motion for a resolution 12 Mar 2025 Adopted
Other votes on this decision
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- Vote White paper on the future of European defence — Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 2 Roll-call vote · 12 Mar 2025 12 Mar 2025
- Vote White paper on the future of European defence — Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 2 Roll-call vote · 12 Mar 2025 12 Mar 2025
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Sources & citation
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- 25 September 2026
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European Parliament (2025). “Paragraph 44 — part 1 — White paper on the future of European defence”. Vote, 12 March 2025. votingId 172762, reference 2025/2565(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172762 (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-2025-03-12-172762,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Paragraph 44 — 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/2025-03-12/172762}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172762},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Vote. votingId 172762, 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)}
}