Amendment 5, after paragraph 53 · 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 2	Against 35	Abst. 0	No vote 7 of 44	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.92
Greens	For 0	Against 51	Abst. 0	No vote 2 of 53	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 0	Against 125	Abst. 0	No vote 10 of 135	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 0	Against 73	Abst. 0	No vote 5 of 78	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 18	Against 151	Abst. 2	No vote 13 of 184	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.82
ECR	For 77	Against 0	Abst. 1	No vote 6 of 84	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.98
Patriots	For 75	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 9 of 84	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ESN	For 26	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 1 of 27	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
No group	For 14	Against 4	Abst. 7	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	0–4–0	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	no member voted	0–3–0	0–3–1	3–0–0	no member voted	2–0–0	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	0–4–1	4–0–0	6–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0
Germany	0–2–0	0–15–0	0–14–0	0–9–0	0–28–0	no member voted	no member voted	15–0–0	0–3–5
Denmark	0–1–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–4–0	0–2–0	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	0–2–0	0–4–0	0–19–0	0–1–0	1–20–0	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	0–6–0	0–5–0	0–13–0	0–13–0	5–0–0	4–0–0	28–0–0	1–0–0	0–0–1
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	1–1–0
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	10–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted
Ireland	0–3–0	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	2–8–0	0–4–0	0–19–0	0–1–0	8–1–0	22–0–1	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	0–3–0	no member voted	0–2–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Netherlands	0–1–0	0–6–0	0–4–0	0–6–0	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	0–2–0	no member voted	0–7–0	0–2–0	0–7–0	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Romania	no member voted	0–1–0	0–7–0	0–2–0	0–8–0	6–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0
Sweden	0–2–0	0–3–0	0–5–0	0–3–0	1–4–0	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	1–2–0	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 %

ESN members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
Country	For	Against	Abst.	Bar
Bulgaria	2	0	0
Czechia	1	0	0
Germany	15	0	0
France	1	0	0
Hungary	1	0	0
Italy	1	0	0
Lithuania	1	0	0
Poland	2	0	0
Slovakia	2	0	0

Members

Each member’s recorded position, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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No vote recorded, 56

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
Arash SAEIDI group that day: The Left · France
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
Estrella GALÁN group that day: The Left · Spain
Eugen TOMAC group that day: Renew · Romania
Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK group that day: Patriots · Poland
Fernando NAVARRETE ROJAS group that day: EPP · Spain
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
Hana JALLOUL MURO group that day: S&D · Spain
Ilia LAZAROV group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
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
Kostas PAPADAKIS group that day: No group · Greece
Kristian VIGENIN group that day: S&D · Bulgaria
Lefteris NIKOLAOU-ALAVANOS group that day: No group · Greece
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
Matthieu VALET group that day: Patriots · France
Michał DWORCZYK group that day: ECR · Poland
Mieke ANDRIESE group that day: Patriots · Netherlands
Milan ZVER group that day: EPP · Slovenia
Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA group that day: EPP · Romania
Özlem DEMIREL group that day: The Left · Germany
Pernando BARRENA ARZA group that day: The Left · Spain
Peter LIESE group that day: EPP · Germany
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
Stanislav STOYANOV group that day: ESN · Bulgaria
Sven SIMON group that day: EPP · Germany
Tsvetelina PENKOVA group that day: S&D · Bulgaria
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
17 Sept 2026	Amendment 4, adding text after recital B Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers	Amendment	195 for, 403 against, 6 abstained Rejected	For 32 %	Requested by Patriots	r · shared0.97 573 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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20 Jan 2026	Amendment 10, adding text after recital F Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies	Amendment	207 for, 425 against, 14 abstained Rejected	For 32 %	Requested by ESN	r · shared0.94 590 voters
15 Sept 2026	Amendment 98 to recital 3 Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures	Amendment	204 for, 451 against, 17 abstained Rejected	For 30 %	Requested by Patriots	r · shared0.94 655 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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Vote Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield — Amendment 27 to paragraph 1 Roll-call vote · 15 Sept 2026 15 Sept 2026
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Vote Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield — Amendment 28, adding text after paragraph 1 Roll-call vote · 15 Sept 2026 15 Sept 2026
Vote Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield — Amendment 29, adding text after paragraph 2 Roll-call vote · 15 Sept 2026 15 Sept 2026
Vote Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield — Amendment 88, adding text after paragraph 2 Roll-call vote · 15 Sept 2026 15 Sept 2026
Vote Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield — Amendment 30, adding text after paragraph 3 Roll-call vote · 15 Sept 2026 15 Sept 2026
Vote Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield — Amendment 58, adding text after paragraph 4 Roll-call vote · 15 Sept 2026 15 Sept 2026
Vote Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield — Amendment 60, adding text after paragraph 4 Roll-call vote · 15 Sept 2026 15 Sept 2026
Vote Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield — Amendment 57, adding text after paragraph 5 Roll-call vote · 15 Sept 2026 15 Sept 2026
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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-15/196367
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 5, after paragraph 53 — Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield”. Vote, 15 September 2026. votingId 196367, reference 2025/2069(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-15/196367 (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-2026-09-15-196367,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amendment 5, after paragraph 53 — 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/2026-09-15/196367}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-15/196367},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 196367, 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)}
}