Separate vote: paragraph 12 · Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield · Vote

Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Adopted · 62 % 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 4	Against 21	Abst. 13	No vote 6 of 44	Majority line Against	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.33
Greens	For 50	Against 1	Abst. 0	No vote 2 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.97
S&D	For 118	Against 2	Abst. 0	No vote 15 of 135	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.97
Renew	For 62	Against 1	Abst. 7	No vote 8 of 78	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.83
EPP	For 167	Against 1	Abst. 4	No vote 12 of 184	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.96
ECR	For 0	Against 74	Abst. 4	No vote 6 of 84	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.92
Patriots	For 0	Against 71	Abst. 0	No vote 13 of 84	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
ESN	For 2	Against 22	Abst. 0	No vote 3 of 27	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.88
No group	For 1	Against 24	Abst. 2	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	4–1–0	2–0–0	5–0–0	no member voted	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted
Belgium	0–2–0	2–0–0	4–0–0	5–0–0	2–0–0	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	0–3–0	no member voted	1–2–0	no member voted
Cyprus	0–1–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	2–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–0
Czechia	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	5–0–0	0–4–0	0–6–0	1–0–0	0–2–0
Germany	0–2–0	15–0–0	13–0–0	6–0–3	30–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–14–0	0–8–0
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	1–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Spain	0–2–1	3–1–0	18–0–0	1–0–0	20–0–1	0–2–0	0–6–0	no member voted	1–0–0
Finland	3–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	3–0–0	4–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
France	0–0–7	5–0–0	13–0–0	10–0–0	3–1–1	0–4–0	0–26–0	0–1–0	0–0–1
Greece	0–2–0	no member voted	4–0–0	no member voted	7–0–0	0–2–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–4–0
Croatia	no member voted	1–0–0	4–0–0	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	1–0–0	no member voted	6–0–0	no member voted	0–10–0	0–1–0	no member voted
Ireland	0–2–0	no member voted	1–0–0	3–0–0	3–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Italy	0–8–2	4–0–0	19–0–0	1–0–0	8–0–0	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	no member voted	no member voted
Luxembourg	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	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	0–1–0	2–0–0	0–0–3	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	0–1–0	6–0–0	4–0–0	3–0–4	3–0–1	0–3–0	0–4–0	no member voted	no member voted
Poland	no member voted	no member voted	3–0–0	1–0–0	23–0–0	0–16–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–0–1
Portugal	0–1–1	no member voted	5–0–0	2–0–0	6–0–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Romania	no member voted	1–0–0	7–0–0	2–0–0	8–0–0	0–5–1	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	4–0–0	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	0–0–1	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	0–6–0

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

S&D members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
Country	For	Against
Austria	4	1
Belgium	4	0
Bulgaria	2	0
Cyprus	0	1
Germany	13	0
Denmark	2	0
Estonia	1	0
Spain	18	0
Finland	1	0
France	13	0
Greece	4	0
Croatia	4	0
Hungary	1	0
Ireland	1	0
Italy	19	0
Lithuania	2	0
Latvia	1	0
Malta	3	0
Netherlands	4	0
Poland	3	0
Portugal	5	0
Romania	7	0
Sweden	5	0
Slovenia	1	0

Members

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No vote recorded, 66

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
Afroditi LATINOPOULOU group that day: Patriots · Greece
Aldo PATRICIELLO group that day: Patriots · Italy
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
Billy KELLEHER 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
Dolors MONTSERRAT group that day: EPP · Spain
Dominik TARCZYŃSKI group that day: ECR · Poland
Eero HEINÄLUOMA group that day: S&D · Finland
Elena KOUNTOURA group that day: The Left · Greece
Eugen TOMAC group that day: Renew · Romania
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
Grégory ALLIONE group that day: Renew · France
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
Jérémy DECERLE group that day: Renew · France
Jonás FERNÁNDEZ group that day: S&D · Spain
Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR group that day: S&D · Spain
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
Luke Ming FLANAGAN group that day: The Left · Ireland
Marc ANGEL group that day: S&D · Luxembourg
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
Nikolina BRNJAC group that day: EPP · Croatia
Özlem DEMIREL group that day: The Left · Germany
Pascal ARIMONT group that day: EPP · Belgium
Pascale PIERA group that day: Patriots · France
Paulo CUNHA group that day: EPP · Portugal
Pernando BARRENA ARZA group that day: The Left · Spain
Petras GRAŽULIS group that day: ESN · Lithuania
Pina PICIERNO group that day: Renew · Italy
Piotr MÜLLER group that day: ECR · Poland
Rachel BLOM group that day: Patriots · Netherlands
Rima HASSAN group that day: The Left · France
Roberta METSOLA group that day: EPP · Malta
Salvatore DE MEO group that day: EPP · Italy
Sérgio GONÇALVES group that day: S&D · Portugal
Séverine WERBROUCK group that day: Patriots · France
Stanisław TYSZKA group that day: ESN · Poland
Sven MIKSER group that day: S&D · Estonia
Udo BULLMANN group that day: S&D · Germany
Valérie DEVAUX group that day: Renew · France
Victor NEGRESCU group that day: S&D · Romania
Ville NIINISTÖ group that day: Greens · Finland

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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
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8 May 2025	Amendment 120 Screening of foreign investments in the Union	Amendment	361 for, 209 against, 6 abstained Adopted	For 63 %	Requested by Greens	r · shared0.90 520 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
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8 May 2025	Amendment 121 Screening of foreign investments in the Union	Amendment	358 for, 208 against, 7 abstained Adopted	For 62 %	Requested by Greens	r · shared0.90 517 voters
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20 May 2026	Separate vote on paragraph 6 Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response	Separate vote	418 for, 210 against, 9 abstained Adopted	For 66 %	Requested by Renew	r · shared0.89 581 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/2026-09-15/196327
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). “Separate vote: paragraph 12 — Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield”. Vote, 15 September 2026. votingId 196327, reference 2025/2069(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-15/196327 (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-2026-09-15-196327,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Separate vote: paragraph 12 — 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/2026-09-15/196327}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-15/196327},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 196327, 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)}
}