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Final vote on the whole text

White paper on the future of European defence

Vote
Final vote on the whole text
Decision
No. 6 of the sitting of 12 Mar 2025
Result
419 for · 204 against · 46 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
12 March 2025, 13:18
More facts (7)
Effect
Adopted — this vote decided the decision
Position
vote 186 of 194 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: Renew, EPP
Official label
RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0151
Dossier
2025/2565(RSP)
Vote id
172867
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Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Result: 419 for, 204 against, 46 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 63 % of the votes cast were for.

This was the final vote on the decision: Adopted.

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 1Against 40Abst. 3No vote 2 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.86
GreensFor 40Against 8Abst. 3No vote 2 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.68
S&DFor 114Against 3Abst. 13No vote 6 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.82
RenewFor 65Against 1Abst. 4No vote 5 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.89
EPPFor 158Against 3Abst. 7No vote 20 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.91
ECRFor 39Against 25Abst. 9No vote 7 of 80Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.30
PatriotsFor 0Against 80Abst. 2No vote 4 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.96
ESNFor 0Against 20Abst. 3No vote 3 of 26Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.80
No groupFor 2Against 24Abst. 2No 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.

ECR members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Belgium200
Bulgaria001
Cyprus100
Czechia300
Denmark100
Estonia100
Spain200
Finland001
France021
Greece001
Croatia010
Italy2200
Lithuania100
Luxembourg010
Latvia300
Netherlands010
Poland0200
Romania005
Sweden300

Members

Each member’s recorded position, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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No vote recorded, 50

Members in office that day without a recorded position. No vote recorded is not the same as absent: leave, illness or chairing the sitting look the same.

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Sources & citation

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172867
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Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Final vote on the whole text — White paper on the future of European defence”. Vote, 12 March 2025. votingId 172867, reference 2025/2565(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172867 (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-2025-03-12-172867,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Final vote on the whole text — White paper on the future of European defence}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-03-12},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172867}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-03-12/172867},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 172867, 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)}
}