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Decision to maintain the action

Decision to maintain the action before the Court of Justice for the annulment of the decision of the Commission on the withdrawal of the Standard essential patents proposal

Vote
Decision to maintain the action
Decision
No. 15 of the sitting of 25 Nov 2025
Result
334 for · 294 against · 11 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
25 November 2025, 12:24
More facts (3)
Effect
Adopted — this vote decided the decision
Position
vote 1 of 1 on the decision
Vote id
181828
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Result

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Result: 334 for, 294 against, 11 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 52 % 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 34Against 1Abst. 1No vote 10 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.92
GreensFor 49Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 116Against 6Abst. 0No vote 14 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
RenewFor 56Against 10Abst. 0No vote 9 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.77
EPPFor 30Against 129Abst. 5No vote 24 of 188Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.68
ECRFor 22Against 49Abst. 1No vote 7 of 79Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.52
PatriotsFor 6Against 72Abst. 1No vote 6 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.87
ESNFor 0Against 23Abst. 0No vote 4 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 21Against 4Abst. 3No vote 2 of 30Majority 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, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER 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.

The Left members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Belgium200
Cyprus100
Germany400
Denmark100
Spain200
Finland210
France700
Greece300
Ireland300
Italy800
Portugal001
Sweden100

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No vote recorded, 80

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-11-25/181828
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European Parliament (2025). “Decision to maintain the action — Decision to maintain the action before the Court of Justice for the annulment of the decision of the Commission on the withdrawal of the Standard essential patents proposal”. Vote, 25 November 2025. votingId 181828. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-11-25/181828 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 25 November 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-25-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 25 November 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-25-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-25, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-11-25/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-vote-2025-11-25-181828,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Decision to maintain the action — Decision to maintain the action before the Court of Justice for the annulment of the decision of the Commission on the withdrawal of the Standard essential patents proposal}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-11-25},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-11-25/181828}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-11-25/181828},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 181828. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-25-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-25-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-25 (CC BY 4.0)}
}