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Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States

Vote
Final vote on the whole text
Decision
No. 10 of the sitting of 20 Jan 2026
Result
417 for · 234 against · 9 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
20 January 2026, 13:16
More facts (6)
Effect
Adopted — this vote decided the decision
Position
vote 21 of 21 on the decision
Official label
A10-0252/2025 – Borja Giménez Larraz – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
Text
Report A-10-2025-0252
Dossier
2025/2028(INI)
Vote id
183166
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Result

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Result: 417 for, 234 against, 9 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 22Against 11Abst. 5No vote 8 of 46Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.37
GreensFor 47Against 4Abst. 0No vote 2 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.88
S&DFor 103Against 14Abst. 4No vote 15 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.78
RenewFor 66Against 3Abst. 0No vote 6 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
EPPFor 173Against 7Abst. 0No vote 8 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.94
ECRFor 2Against 70Abst. 0No vote 7 of 79Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.96
PatriotsFor 0Against 79Abst. 0No vote 6 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 0Against 24Abst. 0No vote 3 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 4Against 22Abst. 0No vote 4 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.

No group members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Bulgaria200
Cyprus100
Czechia020
Germany080
France100
Greece040
Luxembourg010
Romania010
Slovakia060

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No vote recorded, 59

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European Parliament (2026). “Final vote on the whole text — Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States”. Vote, 20 January 2026. votingId 183166, reference 2025/2028(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-20/183166 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 20 January 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-20-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 20 January 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-20-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-20, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-01-20/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-vote-2026-01-20-183166,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Final vote on the whole text — Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-01-20},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-20/183166}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-20/183166},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 183166, reference 2025/2028(INI). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-20-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-20-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-20 (CC BY 4.0)}
}