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Extension of the term of office of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield

Vote: Extension of the term of office of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield
Decision: No. 22 of the sitting of 28 Apr 2026
Result: 422 for · 202 against · 9 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date: 28 April 2026, 13:08

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Effect: Adopted — this vote decided the decision
Position: vote 1 of 1 on the decision
Vote id: 191728

Effect: Adopted — this vote decided the decision
Position: vote 1 of 1 on the decision
Vote id: 191728

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Result

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Adopted · 67 % 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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 21	Against 14	Abst. 2	No vote 9 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.35
Greens	For 44	Against 0	Abst. 2	No vote 7 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.93
S&D	For 119	Against 0	Abst. 1	No vote 15 of 135	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.99
Renew	For 69	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 8 of 77	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 163	Against 0	Abst. 1	No vote 21 of 185	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.99
ECR	For 2	Against 69	Abst. 1	No vote 9 of 81	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.94
Patriots	For 0	Against 72	Abst. 1	No vote 12 of 85	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.98
ESN	For 1	Against 24	Abst. 0	No vote 2 of 27	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.94
No group	For 3	Against 23	Abst. 1	No vote 3 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, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO 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	1–0–0	5–0–0	no member voted	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted
Belgium	0–0–1	2–0–0	3–0–0	5–0–0	3–0–0	0–3–0	0–3–0	no member voted	no member voted
Bulgaria	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0	3–0–0	5–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–3–0	1–0–0
Cyprus	1–0–0	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	0–6–0	0–1–0	0–3–0
Germany	1–1–1	12–0–2	12–0–0	9–0–0	28–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–14–0	0–7–1
Denmark	1–0–0	3–0–0	3–0–0	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	2–2–0	2–0–0	19–0–0	1–0–0	19–0–0	0–2–0	0–5–0	no member voted	no member voted
Finland	3–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0	3–0–0	3–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
France	5–1–0	3–0–0	13–0–0	13–0–0	5–0–0	0–4–0	0–26–1	1–0–0	1–0–0
Greece	1–2–0	no member voted	3–0–0	no member voted	6–0–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	no member voted	0–4–0
Croatia	no member voted	1–0–0	3–0–0	no member voted	5–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Hungary	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	no member voted	4–0–0	no member voted	0–7–0	0–1–0	no member voted
Ireland	2–0–0	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	1–7–0	4–0–0	17–0–1	1–0–0	8–0–0	0–19–0	0–6–0	0–1–0	no member voted
Lithuania	no member voted	1–0–0	2–0–0	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	no member voted	2–0–0	0–3–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Malta	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	2–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Netherlands	1–0–0	6–0–0	3–0–0	5–0–0	4–0–0	0–3–0	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted
Poland	no member voted	no member voted	3–0–0	1–0–0	19–0–0	1–17–0	0–3–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Portugal	1–1–0	no member voted	7–0–0	2–0–0	7–0–0	no member voted	0–2–0	no member voted	no member voted
Romania	no member voted	no member voted	8–0–0	2–0–0	8–0–0	1–4–1	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0
Sweden	2–0–0	2–0–0	5–0–0	2–0–0	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	4–0–1	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovakia	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	4–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	0–5–0

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	Abst.
Austria	5	0
Belgium	3	0
Bulgaria	5	0
Cyprus	2	0
Czechia	5	0
Germany	28	0
Denmark	2	0
Estonia	2	0
Spain	19	0
Finland	3	0
France	5	0
Greece	6	0
Croatia	5	0
Hungary	4	0
Ireland	4	0
Italy	8	0
Lithuania	3	0
Luxembourg	2	0
Latvia	2	0
Malta	2	0
Netherlands	4	0
Poland	19	0
Portugal	7	0
Romania	8	0
Sweden	5	0
Slovenia	4	1
Slovakia	1	0

Members

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Name · group that day · country

Adam JARUBAS group that day: EPP · Poland
Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA group that day: EPP · Spain
Alberico GAMBINO group that day: ECR · Italy
Aldo PATRICIELLO group that day: Patriots · Italy
Aleksandar NIKOLIC group that day: Patriots · France
Alessandro ZAN group that day: S&D · Italy
Alex AGIUS SALIBA group that day: S&D · Malta
Alma EZCURRA ALMANSA group that day: EPP · Spain
Alvise PÉREZ group that day: No group · Spain
Ana MIRANDA PAZ group that day: Greens · Spain
András GYÜRK group that day: Patriots · Hungary
András Tivadar KULJA group that day: EPP · Hungary
Anna STÜRGKH group that day: Renew · Austria
Annalisa CORRADO group that day: S&D · Italy
Antonella SBERNA group that day: ECR · Italy
Arash SAEIDI group that day: The Left · France
Axel VOSS group that day: EPP · Germany
Bart GROOTHUIS group that day: Renew · Netherlands
Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZ group that day: EPP · Poland
Branislav ONDRUŠ group that day: No group · Slovakia
Carla TAVARES group that day: S&D · Portugal
Caterina CHINNICI group that day: EPP · Italy
Christine SCHNEIDER group that day: EPP · Germany
Claudiu MANDA group that day: S&D · Romania
Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU group that day: EPP · Romania
Dennis RADTKE group that day: EPP · Germany
Dominik TARCZYŃSKI group that day: ECR · Poland
Dragoş BENEA group that day: S&D · Romania
Elena YONCHEVA group that day: No group · Bulgaria
Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI group that day: EPP · Greece
Emma WIESNER group that day: Renew · Sweden
Ernő SCHALLER-BAROSS group that day: Patriots · Hungary
Estelle CEULEMANS group that day: S&D · Belgium
Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA group that day: EPP · Spain
Eva MAYDELL group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
Gheorghe CÂRCIU group that day: S&D · Romania
Giuseppe MILAZZO group that day: ECR · Italy
György HÖLVÉNYI group that day: Patriots · Hungary
Hanna GRONKIEWICZ-WALTZ group that day: EPP · Poland
Hermann TERTSCH group that day: Patriots · Spain
Ilaria SALIS group that day: The Left · Italy
Isabella LÖVIN group that day: Greens · Sweden
Ivars IJABS group that day: Renew · Latvia
Ivaylo VALCHEV group that day: ECR · Bulgaria
Jana NAGYOVÁ group that day: Patriots · Czechia
Jaroslav KNOT group that day: Patriots · Czechia
Jaume ASENS LLODRÀ group that day: Greens · Spain
Jeannette BALJEU group that day: Renew · Netherlands
Kai TEGETHOFF group that day: Greens · Germany
Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA group that day: S&D · Spain
Leila CHAIBI group that day: The Left · France
Ľubica KARVAŠOVÁ group that day: Renew · Slovakia
Ľudovít ÓDOR group that day: Renew · Slovakia
Lynn BOYLAN group that day: The Left · Ireland
Majdouline SBAI group that day: Greens · France
Marc BOTENGA group that day: The Left · Belgium
Mario FURORE group that day: The Left · Italy
Mario MANTOVANI group that day: ECR · Italy
Martin GÜNTHER group that day: The Left · Germany
Matthieu VALET group that day: Patriots · France
Mika AALTOLA group that day: EPP · Finland
Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA group that day: EPP · Romania
Mirosława NYKIEL group that day: EPP · Poland
Mohammed CHAHIM group that day: S&D · Netherlands
Mounir SATOURI group that day: Greens · France
Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ group that day: Greens · Romania
Nikolas FARANTOURIS group that day: The Left · Greece
Nikolina BRNJAC group that day: EPP · Croatia
Pascale PIERA group that day: Patriots · France
Péter MAGYAR group that day: EPP · Hungary
Petr BYSTRON group that day: ESN · Germany
René REPASI group that day: S&D · Germany
Rima HASSAN group that day: The Left · France
Roberta METSOLA group that day: EPP · Malta
Romana JERKOVIĆ group that day: S&D · Croatia
Ruggero RAZZA group that day: ECR · Italy
Sebastian TYNKKYNEN group that day: ECR · Finland
Stanisław TYSZKA group that day: ESN · Poland
Tamás DEUTSCH group that day: Patriots · Hungary
Thomas BAJADA group that day: S&D · Malta
Tiemo WÖLKEN group that day: S&D · Germany
Tsvetelina PENKOVA group that day: S&D · Bulgaria
Vilis KRIŠTOPANS group that day: Patriots · Latvia
Vlad VASILE-VOICULESCU group that day: Renew · Romania
Waldemar BUDA group that day: ECR · Poland
Zoltán TARR group that day: EPP · Hungary

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Decision Extension of the term of office of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Other decision 28 Apr 2026 Adopted

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-04-28/191728
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 28 April 2026 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 28 April 2026 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-28
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Extension of the term of office of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield — Extension of the term of office of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield”. Vote, 28 April 2026. votingId 191728. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-04-28/191728 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 28 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 28 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-28, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-04-28/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-vote-2026-04-28-191728,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Extension of the term of office of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield — Extension of the term of office of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-04-28},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-04-28/191728}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-04-28/191728},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 191728. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-28 (CC BY 4.0)}
}