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Paragraph 69 — part 1

White paper on the future of European defence

Vote
Paragraph 69 — part 1
Result
528 for · 75 against · 67 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
12 March 2025, 13:10
More facts (6)
Position
vote 139 of 194 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: Patriots, ECR · split vote: EPP, ECR
Official label
RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 – § 69/1
Vote id
172823
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Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Result: 528 for, 75 against, 67 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 79 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: “Strongly supports the idea that EU Member States must increase their defence and security financing to new levels;”

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 2Against 20Abst. 21No vote 3 of 46Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided Cohesion 0.23
GreensFor 44Against 6Abst. 1No vote 2 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.79
S&DFor 121Against 3Abst. 7No vote 5 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.89
RenewFor 69Against 2Abst. 0No vote 4 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
EPPFor 160Against 4Abst. 6No vote 18 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.91
ECRFor 71Against 1Abst. 0No vote 8 of 80Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
PatriotsFor 53Against 16Abst. 13No vote 4 of 86Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.47
ESNFor 3Against 1Abst. 19No vote 3 of 26Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.74
No groupFor 5Against 22Abst. 0No 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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Greens members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Austria200
Belgium100
Czechia100
Germany1400
Denmark300
Spain031
Finland200
France500
Croatia100
Italy130
Lithuania100
Luxembourg100
Latvia100
Netherlands600
Romania100
Sweden300
Slovenia100

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No vote recorded, 49

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Sources & citation

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Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Paragraph 69 — part 1 — White paper on the future of European defence”. Vote, 12 March 2025. votingId 172823, reference 2025/2565(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172823 (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-2025-03-12-172823,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Paragraph 69 — 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/2025-03-12/172823}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172823},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 172823, 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)}
}