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Paragraph 70 — part 2

White paper on the future of European defence

Vote
Paragraph 70 — part 2
Decision
No. 6 of the sitting of 12 Mar 2025
Result
363 for · 180 against · 126 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
12 March 2025, 13:12
More facts (6)
Position
vote 146 of 194 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: ECR · split vote: EPP
Official label
RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 – § 70/2
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0151
Dossier
2025/2565(RSP)
Vote id
172831
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Result

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Result: 363 for, 180 against, 126 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 54 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: ‘and to issue a ‘European preparedness bond standard’;’

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 24Abst. 15No vote 4 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.36
GreensFor 43Against 3Abst. 4No vote 3 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.79
S&DFor 126Against 5Abst. 1No vote 4 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
RenewFor 66Against 3Abst. 1No vote 5 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.91
EPPFor 118Against 25Abst. 31No vote 14 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.52
ECRFor 4Against 7Abst. 59No vote 10 of 80Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.76
PatriotsFor 1Against 74Abst. 7No vote 4 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.85
ESNFor 0Against 18Abst. 3No vote 5 of 26Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.79
No groupFor 2Against 21Abst. 5No 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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EPP members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Austria103
Belgium300
Bulgaria500
Cyprus200
Czechia500
Germany9200
Denmark200
Estonia100
Spain1019
Finland400
France410
Greece700
Croatia600
Hungary007
Ireland400
Italy800
Lithuania300
Luxembourg200
Latvia200
Malta002
Netherlands330
Poland2110
Portugal500
Romania900
Sweden500
Slovenia500
Slovakia100

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Result: for–against–abstained. For: share of the votes cast. Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call.
DateVoteKindResultForRequested byr · shared
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 19 — part 2 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesSplit vote424 for, 122 against, 61 abstained Adopted For 70 %r · shared0.77 568 voters
9 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on UkraineFinal418 for, 135 against, 41 abstained Adopted For 70 %r · shared0.77 553 voters
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 16 — part 2 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaSplit vote419 for, 138 against, 32 abstained Adopted For 71 %Requested by ESNr · shared0.76 550 voters
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Result: for–against–abstained. For: share of the votes cast. Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call.
DateVoteKindResultForRequested byr · shared
24 Feb 2026Paragraph 23 — part 2 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineSplit vote404 for, 131 against, 64 abstained Adopted For 67 %Requested by Patriotsr · shared0.76 555 voters
8 Jul 2026Paragraph 29 — part 2 2025 Commission report on UkraineSplit vote426 for, 172 against, 58 abstained Adopted For 65 %Requested by ESN, ECRr · shared0.76 599 voters
2 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024Final378 for, 188 against, 105 abstained Adopted For 56 %r · shared0.76 624 voters
8 Jul 2026Separate vote on paragraph 71 2025 Commission report on UkraineSeparate vote422 for, 164 against, 70 abstained Adopted For 64 %Requested by ESNr · shared0.76 598 voters
8 Jul 2026Paragraph 27 — part 4 2025 Commission report on UkraineSplit vote417 for, 192 against, 43 abstained Adopted For 64 %Requested by ECRr · shared0.75 596 voters
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Investments and reforms for European competitiveness and the creation of a Capital Markets UnionFinal407 for, 161 against, 97 abstained Adopted For 61 %r · shared0.75 618 voters
8 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Banking Union – annual report 2024Final345 for, 135 against, 62 abstained Adopted For 64 %r · shared0.75 511 voters

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172831
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European Parliament (2025). “Paragraph 70 — part 2 — White paper on the future of European defence”. Vote, 12 March 2025. votingId 172831, reference 2025/2565(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172831 (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-2025-03-12-172831,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Paragraph 70 — part 2 — White paper on the future of European defence}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-03-12},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172831}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172831},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 172831, 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)}
}