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Final vote on the draft Council decision
Amendment of the European Electoral Act allowing Members to vote in plenary by proxy voting during pregnancy and after giving birth
- Vote
- Final vote on the draft Council decision
- Decision
- No. 4 of the sitting of 29 Apr 2026
- Result
- 616 for · 24 against · 8 abstained Adopted · roll call
- Date
- 29 April 2026, 13:14
More facts (6)
- Effect
- Consent given — this vote decided the decision
- Position
- vote 1 of 1 on the decision
- Official label
- A10-0123/2026 – Juan Fernando López Aguilar – Draft Council decision
- Dossier
- 2025/0900(APP)
- Vote id
- 191581
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Roll-call results (EP) (opens the official site)Result
The vote as recorded by name.
Result: 616 for, 24 against, 8 abstained (roll call).
Adopted · 95 % of the votes cast were for.
This was the final vote on the decision: Consent given.
Groups
| Group | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Majority line | Clear line | Cohesion | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | For 44 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 2 of 46 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| Greens | For 44 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 9 of 53 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| S&D | For 123 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 12 of 135 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| 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. 0 | No vote 22 of 185 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| ECR | For 79 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 2 of 81 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| Patriots | For 69 | Against 6 | Abst. 0 | No vote 10 of 85 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.88 | |
| ESN | For 8 | Against 14 | Abst. 4 | No vote 1 of 27 | Majority line Against | Clear line Divided | Cohesion 0.31 | |
| No group | For 17 | Against 4 | Abst. 4 | 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, 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.
| 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 | 2–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 4–0–0 | 5–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 3–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted |
| Bulgaria | no member voted | no member voted | 2–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 5–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | 0–2–1 | 1–0–0 |
| Cyprus | 1–0–0 | no member voted | 1–0–0 | no member voted | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted |
| Czechia | no member voted | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | 5–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 7–0–0 | 0–0–1 | 1–0–1 |
| Germany | 3–0–0 | 13–0–0 | 13–0–0 | 9–0–0 | 27–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | 7–7–0 | 5–1–2 |
| Denmark | 1–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 4–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted |
| Estonia | no member voted | no member voted | 2–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 2–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted |
| Spain | 4–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 19–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 16–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 5–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted |
| Finland | 3–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 4–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted |
| France | 8–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 13–0–0 | 12–0–0 | 5–0–0 | 4–0–0 | 28–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Greece | 4–0–0 | no member voted | 3–0–0 | no member voted | 6–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | 4–0–0 |
| Croatia | no member voted | 1–0–0 | 3–0–0 | no member voted | 4–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 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 | 7–0–0 | 0–0–1 | no member voted |
| Ireland | 3–0–0 | 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 | 10–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 18–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 7–0–0 | 24–0–0 | 6–0–0 | 0–0–1 | no member voted |
| Lithuania | no member voted | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 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 | 1–0–0 |
| Latvia | no member voted | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | 2–0–0 | 3–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted |
| Malta | no member voted | no member voted | 1–0–0 | no member voted | 1–0–0 | 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 | 3–0–0 | 6–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted |
| Poland | no member voted | no member voted | 3–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 22–0–0 | 19–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Portugal | 2–0–0 | no member voted | 8–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 7–0–0 | no member voted | 2–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted |
| Romania | no member voted | no member voted | 8–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 8–0–0 | 6–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | 2–0–0 |
| Sweden | 2–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 5–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 5–0–0 | 3–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted |
| Slovenia | no member voted | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 5–0–0 | 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 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | 0–2–0 | 1–3–1 |
Share for: 0–19 %20–39 %40–59 %60–79 %80–100 %
| Country | For | Against | Abst. | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Czechia | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Germany | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| France | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greece | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Romania | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Slovakia | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Members
Each member’s recorded position, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.
No vote recorded, 71
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.
Show the 71 members
Name · group that day · country
- Aldo PATRICIELLO group that day: Patriots · Italy
- Alex AGIUS SALIBA group that day: S&D · Malta
- Alexandra GEESE group that day: Greens · Germany
- Alma EZCURRA ALMANSA group that day: EPP · Spain
- Alvise PÉREZ group that day: No group · Spain
- András GYÜRK group that day: Patriots · Hungary
- Angelika NIEBLER group that day: EPP · Germany
- Anna STÜRGKH group that day: Renew · Austria
- Annalisa CORRADO group that day: S&D · Italy
- Annamária VICSEK group that day: Patriots · Hungary
- Arash SAEIDI group that day: The Left · France
- Axel VOSS group that day: EPP · Germany
- Bart GROOTHUIS group that day: Renew · Netherlands
- Carmen CRESPO DÍAZ group that day: EPP · Spain
- Caterina CHINNICI group that day: EPP · Italy
- Claudiu MANDA group that day: S&D · Romania
- Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU group that day: EPP · Romania
- Davor Ivo STIER group that day: EPP · Croatia
- Dennis RADTKE group that day: EPP · Germany
- Eero HEINÄLUOMA group that day: S&D · Finland
- Elena NEVADO DEL CAMPO group that day: EPP · Spain
- 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
- Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA group that day: EPP · Spain
- Eugen TOMAC group that day: Renew · Romania
- Eva MAYDELL group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
- Fidias PANAYIOTOU group that day: No group · Cyprus
- France JAMET group that day: Patriots · France
- Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO group that day: EPP · Italy
- Gheorghe CÂRCIU group that day: S&D · Romania
- Grégory ALLIONE group that day: Renew · France
- Hans NEUHOFF group that day: ESN · Germany
- Hermann TERTSCH group that day: Patriots · Spain
- Ignazio Roberto MARINO group that day: Greens · Italy
- Isabella LÖVIN group that day: Greens · Sweden
- Ivars IJABS group that day: Renew · Latvia
- Jaak MADISON group that day: ECR · Estonia
- Jana NAGYOVÁ group that day: Patriots · Czechia
- Jaume ASENS LLODRÀ group that day: Greens · Spain
- Jeannette BALJEU group that day: Renew · Netherlands
- Jens GEIER group that day: S&D · Germany
- Kai TEGETHOFF group that day: Greens · Germany
- Kateřina KONEČNÁ group that day: No group · Czechia
- Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA group that day: S&D · Spain
- Ľubica KARVAŠOVÁ group that day: Renew · Slovakia
- Ľuboš BLAHA group that day: No group · Slovakia
- Majdouline SBAI group that day: Greens · France
- Markus FERBER group that day: EPP · Germany
- Martin GÜNTHER group that day: The Left · Germany
- Matthieu VALET group that day: Patriots · France
- Mélissa CAMARA group that day: Greens · France
- 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
- Nikolina BRNJAC group that day: EPP · Croatia
- Peter AGIUS group that day: EPP · Malta
- Péter MAGYAR group that day: EPP · Hungary
- Raúl DE LA HOZ QUINTANO group that day: EPP · Spain
- Roberta METSOLA group that day: EPP · Malta
- Romana JERKOVIĆ group that day: S&D · Croatia
- Sandro RUOTOLO group that day: S&D · Italy
- Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ group that day: EPP · Spain
- Tamás DEUTSCH group that day: Patriots · Hungary
- Thomas BAJADA group that day: S&D · Malta
- Victor NEGRESCU group that day: S&D · Romania
- Vilis KRIŠTOPANS group that day: Patriots · Latvia
- Waldemar BUDA group that day: ECR · Poland
Similar votes
Roll calls that split the chamber the most similarly: r is the correlation of members’ positions, over the members who voted in both. Other votes on the same decision are left out.
The minority on this vote was under 10 % of the votes cast — too small to compare how it split the chamber.
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Connections
This vote’s decision, the other votes on it, and related votes.
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The decision
- Decision Amendment of the European Electoral Act allowing Members to vote in plenary by proxy voting during pregnancy and after giving birth International agreement · report by Juan Fernando López Aguilar 29 Apr 2026 Consent given
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official sources
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2026). “Final vote on the draft Council decision — Amendment of the European Electoral Act allowing Members to vote in plenary by proxy voting during pregnancy and after giving birth”. Vote, 29 April 2026. votingId 191581, reference 2025/0900(APP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-04-29/191581 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 29 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 29 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-29, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-04-29/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-vote-2026-04-29-191581,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Final vote on the draft Council decision — Amendment of the European Electoral Act allowing Members to vote in plenary by proxy voting during pregnancy and after giving birth}},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-04-29},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-04-29/191581}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-04-29/191581},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Vote. votingId 191581, reference 2025/0900(APP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-29 (CC BY 4.0)}
}