Amendment 2, after paragraph 1 · Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield · Vote

Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Rejected · 32 % of the votes cast were for.

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 3	Against 25	Abst. 10	No vote 6 of 44	Majority line Against	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.49
Greens	For 0	Against 51	Abst. 0	No vote 2 of 53	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 1	Against 121	Abst. 0	No vote 13 of 135	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.99
Renew	For 1	Against 74	Abst. 0	No vote 3 of 78	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.98
EPP	For 9	Against 163	Abst. 1	No vote 11 of 184	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.91
ECR	For 78	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 6 of 84	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Patriots	For 74	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 10 of 84	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ESN	For 27	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 0 of 27	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
No group	For 17	Against 5	Abst. 3	No vote 3 of 28	Majority line —	Clear line No line	Cohesion —

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	0–2–0	0–5–0	0–2–0	0–5–0	no member voted	6–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Belgium	0–1–0	0–2–0	0–4–0	0–5–0	0–3–0	3–0–0	3–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Bulgaria	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	0–3–0	0–5–0	3–0–0	no member voted	3–0–0	no member voted
Cyprus	0–1–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	0–2–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0
Czechia	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–5–0	4–0–0	6–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0
Germany	0–2–0	0–15–0	0–13–0	0–9–0	0–29–0	no member voted	no member voted	15–0–0	3–2–1
Denmark	0–1–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	1–3–0	1–1–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Estonia	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Spain	0–3–0	0–4–0	0–20–0	0–1–0	0–21–0	2–0–0	6–0–0	no member voted	1–0–0
Finland	0–3–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0–3–0	0–4–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
France	0–7–0	0–5–0	1–12–0	0–13–0	5–0–0	4–0–0	28–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0
Greece	0–3–0	no member voted	0–4–0	no member voted	0–7–0	2–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted	1–3–0
Croatia	no member voted	0–1–0	0–4–0	no member voted	1–5–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Hungary	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	0–6–0	no member voted	9–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted
Ireland	2–1–0	no member voted	0–1–0	0–4–0	0–3–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Italy	0–2–8	0–4–0	0–19–0	0–1–0	0–9–0	23–0–0	5–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted
Lithuania	no member voted	0–1–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–3–0	2–0–0	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted
Luxembourg	no member voted	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0
Latvia	no member voted	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	3–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Malta	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	0–2–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Netherlands	1–0–0	0–6–0	0–3–0	0–7–0	0–4–0	3–0–0	5–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Poland	no member voted	no member voted	0–3–0	0–1–0	0–23–0	16–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0	0–0–1
Portugal	0–1–0	no member voted	0–6–0	0–2–0	0–5–0	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Romania	no member voted	0–1–0	0–6–0	0–3–0	0–8–0	6–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–0–1
Sweden	0–0–2	0–3–0	0–5–0	0–3–0	0–4–1	3–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovenia	no member voted	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	1–3–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0
Slovakia	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	0–6–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	6–0–0

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

The Left members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
Country	For	Against	Abst.
Belgium	0	1	0
Cyprus	0	1	0
Germany	0	2	0
Denmark	0	1	0
Spain	0	3	0
Finland	0	3	0
France	0	7	0
Greece	0	3	0
Ireland	2	1	0
Italy	0	2	8
Netherlands	1	0	0
Portugal	0	1	0
Sweden	0	0	2

Members

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No vote recorded, 54

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

Adina VĂLEAN group that day: EPP · Romania
Aldo PATRICIELLO group that day: Patriots · Italy
Alex AGIUS SALIBA group that day: S&D · Malta
André FRANQUEIRA RODRIGUES group that day: S&D · Portugal
Andrey NOVAKOV group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
Anthony SMITH group that day: The Left · France
António TÂNGER CORRÊA group that day: Patriots · Portugal
Barry COWEN group that day: Renew · Ireland
Bruno GONÇALVES group that day: S&D · Portugal
Christian DOLESCHAL group that day: EPP · Germany
Christophe BAY group that day: Patriots · France
Claudiu MANDA group that day: S&D · Romania
Cynthia NÍ MHURCHÚ group that day: Renew · Ireland
Delara BURKHARDT group that day: S&D · Germany
Dominik TARCZYŃSKI group that day: ECR · Poland
Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS group that day: EPP · Spain
Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK group that day: Patriots · Poland
Fabio DE MASI group that day: No group · Germany
Gabriela FIREA group that day: S&D · Romania
Gabriella GERZSENYI group that day: EPP · Hungary
Gheorghe CÂRCIU group that day: S&D · Romania
Giuseppe MILAZZO group that day: ECR · Italy
Isabella TOVAGLIERI group that day: Patriots · Italy
Jaak MADISON group that day: ECR · Estonia
Jacek OZDOBA group that day: ECR · Poland
Jaroslav KNOT group that day: Patriots · Czechia
João OLIVEIRA group that day: The Left · Portugal
Kinga GÁL group that day: Patriots · Hungary
Kira Marie PETER-HANSEN group that day: Greens · Denmark
Klára DOBREV group that day: S&D · Hungary
Klara DOSTALOVA group that day: Patriots · Czechia
Luis-Vicențiu LAZARUS group that day: No group · Romania
Marc BOTENGA group that day: The Left · Belgium
Maria WALSH group that day: EPP · Ireland
Marianne VIND group that day: S&D · Denmark
Marion WALSMANN group that day: EPP · Germany
Matthieu VALET group that day: Patriots · France
Michał DWORCZYK group that day: ECR · Poland
Mieke ANDRIESE group that day: Patriots · Netherlands
Mihai TUDOSE group that day: S&D · Romania
Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA group that day: EPP · Romania
Özlem DEMIREL group that day: The Left · Germany
Paulo DO NASCIMENTO CABRAL group that day: EPP · Portugal
Pernando BARRENA ARZA group that day: The Left · Spain
Pina PICIERNO group that day: Renew · Italy
Piotr MÜLLER group that day: ECR · Poland
Rima HASSAN group that day: The Left · France
Roberta METSOLA group that day: EPP · Malta
Ruth FIRMENICH group that day: No group · Germany
Sebastião BUGALHO group that day: EPP · Portugal
Thijs REUTEN group that day: S&D · Netherlands
Thomas BAJADA group that day: S&D · Malta
Victor NEGRESCU group that day: S&D · Romania
Ville NIINISTÖ group that day: Greens · Finland

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The decision

Decision Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Resolution · report by Tomas Tobé 15 Sept 2026 Adopted

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Sources & citation

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-15/196315
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 15 September 2026 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 15 September 2026 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-15
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Amendment 2, after paragraph 1 — Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield”. Vote, 15 September 2026. votingId 196315, reference 2025/2069(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-15/196315 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 15 September 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-15-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 15 September 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-15-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-15, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-09-15/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-vote-2026-09-15-196315,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amendment 2, after paragraph 1 — Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-15},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-15/196315}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-15/196315},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 196315, reference 2025/2069(INI). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-15-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-15-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-15 (CC BY 4.0)}
}