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Paragraph 73 — part 1

White paper on the future of European defence

Vote
Paragraph 73 — part 1
Decision
No. 6 of the sitting of 12 Mar 2025
Result
400 for · 216 against · 58 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
12 March 2025, 13:13
More facts (6)
Position
vote 152 of 194 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: Patriots, Renew · split vote: Patriots, Renew · separate vote: EPP
Official label
RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 – § 73/1
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0151
Dossier
2025/2565(RSP)
Vote id
172840
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Result

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Result: 400 for, 216 against, 58 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 59 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: “Calls for a system of European defence bonds to be explored for financing large-scale military investments up front;”

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 34Abst. 5No vote 4 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.71
GreensFor 47Against 4Abst. 0No vote 2 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.88
S&DFor 123Against 4Abst. 6No vote 3 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.89
RenewFor 57Against 13Abst. 1No vote 4 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.70
EPPFor 103Against 34Abst. 35No vote 16 of 188Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.40
ECRFor 63Against 5Abst. 4No vote 8 of 80Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.81
PatriotsFor 1Against 81Abst. 0No vote 4 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.98
ESNFor 1Against 19Abst. 3No vote 3 of 26Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.74
No groupFor 2Against 22Abst. 4No 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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How each country’s members of each group voted.

Renew members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Austria100
Belgium500
Bulgaria300
Germany340
Denmark301
Estonia200
Spain100
Finland120
France1110
Ireland420
Lithuania200
Latvia100
Netherlands340
Poland100
Portugal200
Romania300
Sweden300
Slovenia200
Slovakia600

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No vote recorded, 45

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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
9 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on UkraineFinal418 for, 135 against, 41 abstained Adopted For 70 %r · shared0.76 556 voters
18 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on MoldovaFinal456 for, 118 against, 51 abstained Adopted For 73 %r · shared0.73 588 voters
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 252 — part 6 Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementSplit vote424 for, 152 against, 14 abstained Adopted For 72 %Requested by The Leftr · shared0.72 553 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
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on GeorgiaFinal490 for, 147 against, 49 abstained Adopted For 71 %r · shared0.72 643 voters
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 · shared0.72 574 voters
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 5 — part 2 EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for UkraineSplit vote418 for, 105 against, 45 abstained Adopted For 74 %r · shared0.72 532 voters
19 Sept 2024Separate vote on paragraph 11 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesSeparate vote448 for, 129 against, 45 abstained Adopted For 72 %Requested by ESNr · shared0.72 587 voters
7 May 2025Separate vote on paragraph 88 The European Water Resilience StrategySeparate vote460 for, 165 against, 18 abstained Adopted For 72 %Requested by Membersr · shared0.72 607 voters
24 Feb 2026Paragraph 8 — part 2 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineSplit vote445 for, 116 against, 36 abstained Adopted For 75 %Requested by The Leftr · shared0.71 561 voters
9 Jul 2025Paragraph 15 — part 2 The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civiliansSplit vote489 for, 151 against, 32 abstained Adopted For 73 %Requested by Patriotsr · shared0.71 629 voters

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European Parliament (2025). “Paragraph 73 — part 1 — White paper on the future of European defence”. Vote, 12 March 2025. votingId 172840, reference 2025/2565(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172840 (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-2025-03-12-172840,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Paragraph 73 — 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/2025-03-12/172840}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172840},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 172840, 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)}
}