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Recital B — part 2

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

Vote: Recital B — part 2
Decision: No. 10 of the sitting of 20 Jan 2026
Result: 427 for · 212 against · 24 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date: 20 January 2026, 13:15

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Position: vote 14 of 21 on the decision
Requested by: roll call: Patriots · split vote: Patriots
Official label: A10-0252/2025 – Borja Giménez Larraz – Recital B/2
Text: Report A-10-2025-0252
Dossier: 2025/2028(INI)
Vote id: 183474

Position: vote 14 of 21 on the decision
Requested by: roll call: Patriots · split vote: Patriots
Official label: A10-0252/2025 – Borja Giménez Larraz – Recital B/2
Text: Report A-10-2025-0252
Dossier: 2025/2028(INI)
Vote id: 183474

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Result

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Adopted · 64 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: “but also foster the emergence of a European political and public sphere, thereby strengthening the legitimacy of the EU and its institutions;”

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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 18	Against 13	Abst. 7	No vote 8 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.21
Greens	For 51	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 2 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 121	Against 2	Abst. 4	No vote 9 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.93
Renew	For 64	Against 5	Abst. 0	No vote 6 of 75	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.89
EPP	For 166	Against 3	Abst. 9	No vote 10 of 188	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.90
ECR	For 1	Against 69	Abst. 2	No vote 7 of 79	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.94
Patriots	For 0	Against 79	Abst. 0	No vote 6 of 85	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
ESN	For 0	Against 24	Abst. 0	No vote 3 of 27	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
No group	For 6	Against 17	Abst. 2	No vote 5 of 30	Majority 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.

Each cell: members of that country in that group who voted for – against – abstained (group at the date of the vote). Shading: the share of the cell's votes that were for; the stronger the shading, the more for (scale below). — : no member voted.
Country	The Left	Greens	S&D	Renew	EPP	ECR	Patriots	ESN	No group
Austria	no member voted	2–0–0	5–0–0	2–0–0	5–0–0	no member voted	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted
Belgium	0–0–2	2–0–0	4–0–0	3–0–0	1–0–1	0–2–0	0–2–0	no member voted	no member voted
Bulgaria	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	3–0–0	3–0–1	0–1–0	no member voted	0–3–0	2–0–0
Cyprus	0–1–0	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	2–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0
Czechia	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	5–0–0	0–3–0	0–8–0	0–1–0	0–2–0
Germany	3–0–1	15–0–0	13–0–0	7–0–0	29–2–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–13–0	1–5–2
Denmark	0–0–1	3–0–0	2–0–0	4–0–0	2–0–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Estonia	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Spain	1–0–0	4–0–0	18–0–0	1–0–0	21–0–0	0–0–2	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted
Finland	0–0–3	2–0–0	1–0–1	3–0–0	4–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
France	0–8–0	4–0–0	11–0–0	12–0–0	2–0–4	0–4–0	0–28–0	no member voted	1–0–0
Greece	4–0–0	no member voted	3–0–0	no member voted	7–0–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	no member voted	0–3–0
Croatia	no member voted	1–0–0	1–0–3	no member voted	6–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Hungary	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	no member voted	6–0–0	no member voted	0–10–0	0–1–0	no member voted
Ireland	0–1–0	no member voted	1–0–0	6–0–0	4–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Italy	9–0–0	4–0–0	20–0–0	no member voted	9–0–0	1–22–0	0–7–0	no member voted	no member voted
Lithuania	no member voted	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	3–0–0	0–2–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted
Luxembourg	no member voted	1–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–0
Latvia	no member voted	1–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	0–3–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Malta	no member voted	no member voted	1–2–0	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Netherlands	no member voted	6–0–0	4–0–0	3–4–0	4–0–2	0–1–0	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted
Poland	no member voted	no member voted	3–0–0	1–0–0	21–0–0	0–18–0	0–2–0	0–3–0	no member voted
Portugal	1–1–0	no member voted	8–0–0	1–0–0	6–0–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Romania	no member voted	1–0–0	11–0–0	2–1–0	10–0–0	0–4–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–0
Sweden	0–2–0	2–0–0	4–0–0	3–0–0	5–0–0	0–3–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovenia	no member voted	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovakia	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	5–0–0	0–0–1	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	1–5–0

Share for: 0–19 %20–39 %40–59 %60–79 %80–100 %

EPP members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
Country	For	Against	Abst.
Austria	5	0	0
Belgium	1	0	1
Bulgaria	3	0	1
Cyprus	2	0	0
Czechia	5	0	0
Germany	29	2	0
Denmark	2	0	0
Estonia	2	0	0
Spain	21	0	0
Finland	4	0	0
France	2	0	4
Greece	7	0	0
Croatia	6	0	0
Hungary	6	0	0
Ireland	4	0	0
Italy	9	0	0
Lithuania	3	0	0
Luxembourg	2	0	0
Latvia	2	0	0
Malta	1	0	0
Netherlands	4	0	2
Poland	21	0	0
Portugal	6	0	0
Romania	10	0	0
Sweden	5	0	0
Slovenia	4	1	0
Slovakia	0	0	1

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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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Name · group that day · country

Adrian-George AXINIA group that day: ECR · Romania
Aldo PATRICIELLO group that day: Patriots · Italy
Alma EZCURRA ALMANSA group that day: EPP · Spain
Alvise PÉREZ group that day: No group · Spain
András GYÜRK group that day: Patriots · Hungary
Anja HAZEKAMP group that day: The Left · Netherlands
Antonio DECARO group that day: S&D · Italy
António TÂNGER CORRÊA group that day: Patriots · Portugal
Assita KANKO group that day: ECR · Belgium
Borys BUDKA group that day: EPP · Poland
Carlo FIDANZA group that day: ECR · Italy
Catherine GRISET group that day: Patriots · France
Chloé RIDEL group that day: S&D · France
Diana IOVANOVICI ŞOŞOACĂ group that day: No group · Romania
Dominik TARCZYŃSKI group that day: ECR · Poland
Eva MAYDELL group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
Gerolf ANNEMANS group that day: Patriots · Belgium
Gheorghe PIPEREA group that day: ECR · Romania
Grzegorz BRAUN group that day: No group · Poland
Ilia LAZAROV group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
Irene MONTERO group that day: The Left · Spain
Isabel SERRA SÁNCHEZ group that day: The Left · Spain
Janusz LEWANDOWSKI group that day: EPP · Poland
Javi LÓPEZ group that day: S&D · Spain
Joachim STREIT group that day: Renew · Germany
João COTRIM DE FIGUEIREDO group that day: Renew · Portugal
Kathleen FUNCHION group that day: The Left · Ireland
Klara DOSTALOVA group that day: Patriots · Czechia
Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA group that day: S&D · Spain
Ľubica KARVAŠOVÁ group that day: Renew · Slovakia
Luke Ming FLANAGAN group that day: The Left · Ireland
Majdouline SBAI group that day: Greens · France
Małgorzata GOSIEWSKA group that day: ECR · Poland
Mary KHAN group that day: ESN · Germany
Michael VON DER SCHULENBURG group that day: No group · Germany
Mimmo LUCANO group that day: The Left · Italy
Nathalie LOISEAU group that day: Renew · France
Niels FUGLSANG group that day: S&D · Denmark
Nikolaos ANADIOTIS group that day: No group · Greece
Nora MEBAREK group that day: S&D · France
Pär HOLMGREN group that day: Greens · Sweden
Paulo DO NASCIMENTO CABRAL group that day: EPP · Portugal
Pernando BARRENA ARZA group that day: The Left · Spain
Peter AGIUS group that day: EPP · Malta
Petr BYSTRON group that day: ESN · Germany
Roberta METSOLA group that day: EPP · Malta
Sarah KNAFO group that day: ESN · France
Sofie ERIKSSON group that day: S&D · Sweden
Sophie WILMÈS group that day: Renew · Belgium
Stephen Nikola BARTULICA group that day: ECR · Croatia
Tobias CREMER group that day: S&D · Germany
Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ group that day: S&D · Lithuania
Wouter BEKE group that day: EPP · Belgium
Younous OMARJEE group that day: The Left · France
Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE group that day: Renew · Belgium
Zoltán TARR group that day: EPP · Hungary

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-20/183474
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 20 January 2026 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 20 January 2026 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-20
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Recital B — part 2 — Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States”. Vote, 20 January 2026. votingId 183474, reference 2025/2028(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-20/183474 (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-2026-01-20-183474,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Recital B — part 2 — 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/2026-01-20/183474}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-20/183474},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 183474, 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)}
}