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Amendment 99 to recital A

White paper on the future of European defence

Vote
Amendment 99 to recital A
Result
494 for · 114 against · 70 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
12 March 2025, 13:15
More facts (6)
Position
vote 165 of 194 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: ECR
Official label
RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 – recital A – Am 99
Vote id
172855
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Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Result: 494 for, 114 against, 70 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 73 % 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 5Against 3Abst. 35No vote 3 of 46Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.72
GreensFor 42Against 6Abst. 3No vote 2 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.74
S&DFor 126Against 3Abst. 3No vote 4 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
RenewFor 66Against 4Abst. 0No vote 5 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.91
EPPFor 163Against 12Abst. 1No vote 12 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.89
ECRFor 72Against 1Abst. 0No vote 7 of 80Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
PatriotsFor 14Against 68Abst. 0No vote 4 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.74
ESNFor 0Against 3Abst. 20No vote 3 of 26Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.80
No groupFor 6Against 14Abst. 8No 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.

Countries × groups

How each country’s members of each group voted.

No group members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Bulgaria011
Cyprus100
Czechia200
Germany262
Spain100
Greece031
Poland001
Romania001
Slovakia042

Members

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No vote recorded, 41

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Sources & citation

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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Amendment 99 to recital A — White paper on the future of European defence”. Vote, 12 March 2025. votingId 172855, reference 2025/2565(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172855 (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-2025-03-12-172855,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amendment 99 to recital A — White paper on the future of European defence}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-03-12},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172855}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172855},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 172855, 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)}
}