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Separate vote: paragraph 68

White paper on the future of European defence

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Separate vote: paragraph 68
Decision
No. 6 of the sitting of 12 Mar 2025
Result
480 for · 130 against · 67 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
12 March 2025, 13:09
More facts (6)
Position
vote 132 of 194 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: ECR
Official label
RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 – § 68
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0151
Dossier
2025/2565(RSP)
Vote id
172815
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Result: 480 for, 130 against, 67 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 71 % 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 8Against 32Abst. 2No vote 4 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.64
GreensFor 45Against 6Abst. 0No vote 2 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.82
S&DFor 113Against 18Abst. 1No vote 4 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.78
RenewFor 67Against 3Abst. 1No vote 4 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.92
EPPFor 173Against 1Abst. 3No vote 11 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.97
ECRFor 65Against 3Abst. 5No vote 7 of 80Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.84
PatriotsFor 6Against 30Abst. 46No vote 4 of 86Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided Cohesion 0.34
ESNFor 0Against 17Abst. 5No vote 4 of 26Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.66
No groupFor 3Against 20Abst. 4No vote 2 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
Austria100
Belgium500
Bulgaria300
Germany700
Denmark301
Estonia200
Spain100
Finland300
France1110
Ireland510
Lithuania200
Latvia100
Netherlands610
Poland100
Portugal200
Romania300
Sweden300
Slovenia200
Slovakia600

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172815
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European Parliament (2025). “Separate vote: paragraph 68 — White paper on the future of European defence”. Vote, 12 March 2025. votingId 172815, reference 2025/2565(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172815 (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-2025-03-12-172815,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Separate vote: paragraph 68 — White paper on the future of European defence}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-03-12},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172815}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172815},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 172815, 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)}
}