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Paragraph 9 — part 1

Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield

Vote: Paragraph 9 — part 1
Decision: No. 10 of the sitting of 15 Sept 2026
Result: 425 for · 199 against · 45 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date: 15 September 2026, 13:37

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Position: vote 16 of 139 on the decision
Requested by: roll call: ESN, Patriots · split vote: ESN
Official label: A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 9/1
Text: Report A-10-2026-0199
Dossier: 2025/2069(INI)
Vote id: 196325

Position: vote 16 of 139 on the decision
Requested by: roll call: ESN, Patriots · split vote: ESN
Official label: A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 9/1
Text: Report A-10-2026-0199
Dossier: 2025/2069(INI)
Vote id: 196325

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Roll-call results (EP)

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Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Adopted · 64 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘considers that the establishment of the Centre as a permanent structure by a legal act would represent a qualitative shift from fragmented coordination towards a more integrated, operational and strategic EU-level capacity;’”

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 4	Against 2	Abst. 32	No vote 6 of 44	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Abstained	Cohesion 0.76
Greens	For 51	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 2 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 127	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 8 of 135	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 67	Against 1	Abst. 6	No vote 4 of 78	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.86
EPP	For 172	Against 2	Abst. 0	No vote 10 of 184	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.98
ECR	For 2	Against 71	Abst. 4	No vote 7 of 84	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.88
Patriots	For 1	Against 74	Abst. 0	No vote 9 of 84	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.98
ESN	For 0	Against 26	Abst. 0	No vote 1 of 27	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
No group	For 1	Against 23	Abst. 3	No vote 1 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	2–0–0	5–0–0	2–0–0	4–0–0	no member voted	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted
Belgium	0–1–1	2–0–0	4–0–0	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	2–0–0	3–0–0	5–0–0	0–2–1	no member voted	0–3–0	no member voted
Cyprus	0–0–1	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	2–0–0	0–0–1	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	0–4–0	0–6–0	0–1–0	0–2–0
Germany	0–0–2	15–0–0	14–0–0	6–0–3	29–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–14–0	0–7–1
Denmark	1–0–0	2–0–0	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	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Spain	0–0–3	4–0–0	20–0–0	0–1–0	21–0–0	0–2–0	0–6–0	no member voted	0–1–0
Finland	3–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	3–0–0	4–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
France	0–0–5	5–0–0	13–0–0	13–0–0	5–0–0	0–4–0	0–28–0	0–1–0	0–0–1
Greece	0–0–3	no member voted	4–0–0	no member voted	7–0–0	0–2–0	1–0–0	no member voted	0–4–0
Croatia	no member voted	1–0–0	4–0–0	no member voted	6–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Hungary	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	6–0–0	no member voted	0–10–0	0–1–0	no member voted
Ireland	0–0–3	no member voted	1–0–0	4–0–0	3–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Italy	0–0–10	4–0–0	19–0–0	1–0–0	8–1–0	0–23–0	0–5–0	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	1–0–0	2–0–0	1–0–2	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Malta	no member voted	no member voted	3–0–0	no member voted	2–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Netherlands	0–0–1	6–0–0	3–0–0	3–0–3	4–0–0	0–3–0	0–5–0	no member voted	no member voted
Poland	no member voted	no member voted	3–0–0	1–0–0	23–0–0	1–14–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–0–1
Portugal	0–1–1	no member voted	7–0–0	2–0–0	7–0–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Romania	no member voted	1–0–0	7–0–0	3–0–0	8–0–0	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–0
Sweden	0–0–2	3–0–0	5–0–0	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	3–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–0
Slovakia	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	6–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	0–6–0

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
Austria	4	0
Belgium	3	0
Bulgaria	5	0
Cyprus	2	0
Czechia	5	0
Germany	29	0
Denmark	2	0
Estonia	2	0
Spain	21	0
Finland	4	0
France	5	0
Greece	7	0
Croatia	6	0
Hungary	6	0
Ireland	3	0
Italy	8	1
Lithuania	3	0
Luxembourg	2	0
Latvia	2	0
Malta	2	0
Netherlands	4	0
Poland	23	0
Portugal	7	0
Romania	8	0
Sweden	5	0
Slovenia	3	1
Slovakia	1	0

Members

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No vote recorded, 48

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
Alexander BERNHUBER group that day: EPP · Austria
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
Bart GROOTHUIS group that day: Renew · Netherlands
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
Dominik TARCZYŃSKI group that day: ECR · Poland
Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK group that day: Patriots · Poland
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
Hans NEUHOFF group that day: ESN · Germany
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
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
Manon AUBRY group that day: The Left · France
Maria WALSH group that day: EPP · Ireland
Marianne VIND group that day: S&D · Denmark
Matthieu VALET group that day: Patriots · France
Michał DWORCZYK group that day: ECR · Poland
Mieke ANDRIESE group that day: Patriots · Netherlands
Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA group that day: EPP · Romania
Niclas HERBST group that day: EPP · Germany
Özlem DEMIREL group that day: The Left · Germany
Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA group that day: EPP · Spain
Patryk JAKI group that day: ECR · Poland
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
Thijs REUTEN group that day: S&D · Netherlands
Victor NEGRESCU group that day: S&D · Romania
Ville NIINISTÖ group that day: Greens · Finland
Younous OMARJEE group that day: The Left · France

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**Result**: for–against–abstained. **For**: share of the votes cast. **Requested by**: the groups that asked for a roll call.
Date	Vote	Kind	Result	For	r · shared
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8 May 2025	Final vote Screening of foreign investments in the Union	Final	378 for, 173 against, 24 abstained Adopted	For 66 %	r · shared0.93 529 voters

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**Result**: for–against–abstained. **For**: share of the votes cast. **Requested by**: the groups that asked for a roll call.
Date	Vote	Kind	Result	For	Requested by	r · shared
30 Apr 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Banking Union – annual report 2025	Final	376 for, 187 against, 17 abstained Adopted	For 65 %		r · shared0.93 539 voters
8 May 2025	Amendment 119 Screening of foreign investments in the Union	Amendment	357 for, 206 against, 6 abstained Adopted	For 63 %	Requested by Patriots, Greens	r · shared0.92 523 voters
29 Apr 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025	Final	416 for, 190 against, 15 abstained Adopted	For 67 %		r · shared0.92 579 voters
23 Oct 2025	Separate vote on paragraph 9 UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30)	Separate vote	385 for, 178 against, 7 abstained Adopted	For 68 %	Requested by ESN	r · shared0.92 530 voters
7 Jul 2026	Separate vote on paragraph 3 A new strategy for media literacy and digital learning	Separate vote	448 for, 188 against, 16 abstained Adopted	For 69 %	Requested by Members	r · shared0.92 609 voters
23 Oct 2025	Separate vote on paragraph 3 UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30)	Separate vote	383 for, 170 against, 18 abstained Adopted	For 67 %	Requested by ESN	r · shared0.92 531 voters
28 Apr 2026	Extension of the term of office of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Final vote Extension of the term of office of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield	Other	422 for, 202 against, 9 abstained Adopted	For 67 %		r · shared0.92 593 voters

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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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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-15/196325
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). “Paragraph 9 — part 1 — Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield”. Vote, 15 September 2026. votingId 196325, reference 2025/2069(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-15/196325 (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-2026-09-15-196325,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Paragraph 9 — part 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/2026-09-15/196325}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-15/196325},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 196325, 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)}
}