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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
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
More facts (3)
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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Result: 422 for, 202 against, 9 abstained (roll call).

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).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 21Against 14Abst. 2No vote 9 of 46Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.35
GreensFor 44Against 0Abst. 2No vote 7 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
S&DFor 119Against 0Abst. 1No vote 15 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
RenewFor 69Against 0Abst. 0No vote 8 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 163Against 0Abst. 1No vote 21 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 2Against 69Abst. 1No vote 9 of 81Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
PatriotsFor 0Against 72Abst. 1No vote 12 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.98
ESNFor 1Against 24Abst. 0No vote 2 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
No groupFor 3Against 23Abst. 1No vote 3 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, 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.

The Left members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Belgium001
Cyprus100
Germany111
Denmark100
Spain220
Finland300
France510
Greece120
Ireland200
Italy170
Netherlands100
Portugal110
Sweden200

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No vote recorded, 86

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Result: for–against–abstained. For: share of the votes cast. Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call.
DateVoteKindResultForRequested byr · shared
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23 Oct 2025Separate vote on paragraph 9 UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30)Separate vote385 for, 178 against, 7 abstained Adopted For 68 %Requested by ESNr · shared0.92 515 voters
28 Apr 2026Paragraph 4 — part 3 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034Split vote439 for, 198 against, 15 abstained Adopted For 67 %Requested by ESNr · shared0.92 629 voters
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Sources & citation

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Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-04-28/191728
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

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)}
}