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Separate vote: paragraph 57

White paper on the future of European defence

Vote
Separate vote: paragraph 57
Decision
No. 6 of the sitting of 12 Mar 2025
Result
466 for · 176 against · 36 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
12 March 2025, 13:05
More facts (6)
Position
vote 104 of 194 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: ECR
Official label
RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 – § 57
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0151
Dossier
2025/2565(RSP)
Vote id
172784
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Result

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Result: 466 for, 176 against, 36 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 69 % 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 37Against 2Abst. 4No vote 3 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.79
GreensFor 50Against 0Abst. 0No vote 3 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 123Against 3Abst. 7No vote 3 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.89
RenewFor 68Against 3Abst. 0No vote 4 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.94
EPPFor 173Against 3Abst. 0No vote 12 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.97
ECRFor 4Against 64Abst. 4No vote 8 of 80Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.83
PatriotsFor 7Against 63Abst. 13No vote 3 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.64
ESNFor 3Against 17Abst. 2No vote 4 of 26Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.66
No groupFor 1Against 21Abst. 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.

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The Left members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Belgium200
Cyprus010
Germany400
Denmark100
Spain400
Finland300
France800
Greece201
Ireland003
Italy900
Netherlands100
Portugal110
Sweden200

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No vote recorded, 41

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European Parliament (2025). “Separate vote: paragraph 57 — White paper on the future of European defence”. Vote, 12 March 2025. votingId 172784, reference 2025/2565(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172784 (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-2025-03-12-172784,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Separate vote: paragraph 57 — White paper on the future of European defence}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-03-12},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172784}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172784},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 172784, 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)}
}