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Paragraph 58 — part 3

White paper on the future of European defence

Vote
Paragraph 58 — part 3
Decision
No. 6 of the sitting of 12 Mar 2025
Result
373 for · 279 against · 24 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
12 March 2025, 13:06
More facts (6)
Position
vote 109 of 194 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: Patriots · split vote: EPP, The Left, Patriots, ECR
Official label
RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 – § 58/3
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0151
Dossier
2025/2565(RSP)
Vote id
172790
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Result

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Result: 373 for, 279 against, 24 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 55 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: “and for the move from unanimity to qualified majority voting for decisions in the European Council, the Council of Ministers and EU agencies such as the EDA,”

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 29Abst. 11No vote 3 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.51
GreensFor 51Against 0Abst. 0No vote 2 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 119Against 7Abst. 6No vote 4 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.85
RenewFor 62Against 6Abst. 1No vote 6 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.85
EPPFor 135Against 39Abst. 2No vote 12 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.65
ECRFor 0Against 71Abst. 2No vote 7 of 80Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.96
PatriotsFor 1Against 81Abst. 0No vote 4 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.98
ESNFor 0Against 21Abst. 1No vote 4 of 26Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.93
No groupFor 2Against 25Abst. 1No 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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CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Bulgaria020
Cyprus010
Czechia020
Germany271
Spain010
Greece040
Poland010
Romania010
Slovakia060

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2 Apr 2025Paragraph 49 — part 1 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024Split vote398 for, 249 against, 18 abstained Adopted For 60 %Requested by EPPr · shared0.84 627 voters
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European Parliament (2025). “Paragraph 58 — part 3 — White paper on the future of European defence”. Vote, 12 March 2025. votingId 172790, reference 2025/2565(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172790 (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-2025-03-12-172790,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Paragraph 58 — 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/2025-03-12/172790}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172790},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 172790, 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)}
}