Amendment 45 to paragraph 61 · Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield · Vote

Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Rejected · 27 % 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 1	Against 32	Abst. 5	No vote 6 of 44	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.76
Greens	For 0	Against 49	Abst. 0	No vote 4 of 53	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 0	Against 123	Abst. 0	No vote 12 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 2	Against 170	Abst. 0	No vote 12 of 184	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.98
ECR	For 73	Against 0	Abst. 2	No vote 9 of 84	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.96
Patriots	For 73	Against 0	Abst. 1	No vote 10 of 84	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.98
ESN	For 22	Against 1	Abst. 2	No vote 2 of 27	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.82
No group	For 7	Against 15	Abst. 2	No vote 4 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	0–3–0	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	0–5–0	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	0–1–0
Czechia	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–4–0	3–0–0	5–0–1	0–1–0	0–2–0
Germany	0–2–0	0–15–0	0–13–0	0–8–0	0–30–0	no member voted	no member voted	15–0–0	0–7–1
Denmark	1–0–0	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	0–3–0	0–4–0	0–19–0	0–1–0	0–22–0	2–0–0	6–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
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	0–4–0	0–13–0	0–12–0	0–5–0	4–0–0	28–0–0	1–0–0	0–1–0
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	1–1–0
Croatia	no member voted	0–1–0	0–4–0	no member voted	0–6–0	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	0–1–2	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	0–9–0	0–3–0	0–18–0	0–1–0	0–9–0	21–0–0	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	no member voted	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	0–0–1	0–6–0	0–4–0	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	0–22–0	15–0–1	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	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Romania	no member voted	0–1–0	0–7–0	0–3–0	0–8–0	5–0–1	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0
Sweden	0–0–2	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	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–0–2	3–3–0

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	0	3
Belgium	0	3
Bulgaria	0	5
Cyprus	0	2
Czechia	0	4
Germany	0	30
Denmark	0	2
Estonia	0	2
Spain	0	22
Finland	0	4
France	0	5
Greece	0	7
Croatia	0	6
Hungary	0	6
Ireland	0	3
Italy	0	9
Lithuania	0	3
Luxembourg	0	2
Latvia	0	2
Malta	0	2
Netherlands	0	4
Poland	0	22
Portugal	0	7
Romania	0	8
Sweden	1	4
Slovenia	1	2
Slovakia	0	1

Members

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No vote recorded, 64

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
Alvise PÉREZ group that day: No group · Spain
André FRANQUEIRA RODRIGUES group that day: S&D · Portugal
Andrey NOVAKOV group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
Andrzej HALICKI group that day: EPP · Poland
Anthony SMITH group that day: The Left · France
António TÂNGER CORRÊA group that day: Patriots · Portugal
Barry COWEN group that day: Renew · Ireland
Christian DOLESCHAL group that day: EPP · Germany
Christophe BAY group that day: Patriots · France
Christophe GRUDLER group that day: Renew · France
Claudiu MANDA group that day: S&D · Romania
Cristina GUARDA group that day: Greens · Italy
Cynthia NÍ MHURCHÚ group that day: Renew · Ireland
Danuše NERUDOVÁ group that day: EPP · Czechia
Delara BURKHARDT group that day: S&D · Germany
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
Giovanni CROSETTO group that day: ECR · Italy
Giuseppe MILAZZO group that day: ECR · Italy
Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ group that day: S&D · Spain
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
Lukas SIEPER group that day: Renew · Germany
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
Mélissa CAMARA group that day: Greens · France
Michał DWORCZYK group that day: ECR · Poland
Mieke ANDRIESE group that day: Patriots · Netherlands
Mimmo LUCANO group that day: The Left · Italy
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
Petar VOLGIN group that day: ESN · Bulgaria
Petras GRAŽULIS group that day: ESN · Lithuania
Pietro FIOCCHI group that day: ECR · Italy
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
Sophia KIRCHER group that day: EPP · Austria
Stefano BONACCINI group that day: S&D · Italy
Tiago MOREIRA DE SÁ group that day: Patriots · Portugal
Tsvetelina PENKOVA group that day: S&D · Bulgaria
Veronika VRECIONOVÁ group that day: ECR · Czechia
Victor NEGRESCU group that day: S&D · Romania
Ville NIINISTÖ group that day: Greens · Finland
Zala ČERNILEC TOMAŠIČ group that day: EPP · Slovenia

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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/2026-09-15/196371
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 45 to paragraph 61 — Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield”. Vote, 15 September 2026. votingId 196371, reference 2025/2069(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-15/196371 (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-2026-09-15-196371,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amendment 45 to paragraph 61 — 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/2026-09-15/196371}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-15/196371},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 196371, 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)}
}