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Recital BT — part 2

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

Vote: Recital BT — part 2
Decision: No. 10 of the sitting of 15 Sept 2026
Result: 459 for · 189 against · 14 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date: 15 September 2026, 13:54

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Position: vote 133 of 139 on the decision
Requested by: roll call: ESN · split vote: ESN
Official label: A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – Recital BT/2
Text: Report A-10-2026-0199
Dossier: 2025/2069(INI)
Vote id: 196428

Position: vote 133 of 139 on the decision
Requested by: roll call: ESN · split vote: ESN
Official label: A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – Recital BT/2
Text: Report A-10-2026-0199
Dossier: 2025/2069(INI)
Vote id: 196428

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Result

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Adopted · 69 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: “whereas such warfare requires an appropriate response and a shift from a mere defensive strategy to an offensive one;”

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 36	Abst. 3	No vote 4 of 44	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.85
Greens	For 50	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 3 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 122	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 13 of 135	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 74	Against 0	Abst. 1	No vote 3 of 78	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.98
EPP	For 168	Against 1	Abst. 0	No vote 15 of 184	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.99
ECR	For 40	Against 30	Abst. 7	No vote 7 of 84	Majority line For	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.28
Patriots	For 0	Against 74	Abst. 1	No vote 9 of 84	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.98
ESN	For 0	Against 26	Abst. 1	No vote 0 of 27	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.94
No group	For 4	Against 22	Abst. 1	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	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	3–0–0	0–0–3	0–3–0	no member voted	no member voted
Bulgaria	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	3–0–0	5–0–0	3–0–0	no member voted	0–3–0	no member voted
Cyprus	0–1–0	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	2–0–0	1–0–0	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	3–0–1	0–6–0	0–0–1	0–2–0
Germany	0–2–0	14–0–0	14–0–0	9–0–0	29–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–15–0	0–8–0
Denmark	0–1–0	2–0–0	2–0–0	4–0–0	2–0–0	1–0–0	0–0–1	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	0–3–0	4–0–0	20–0–0	1–0–0	22–0–0	1–1–0	0–6–0	no member voted	1–0–0
Finland	0–0–3	1–0–0	2–0–0	3–0–0	4–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
France	1–6–0	5–0–0	12–0–0	13–0–0	3–1–0	0–4–0	0–28–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
Greece	0–3–0	no member voted	4–0–0	no member voted	7–0–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	no member voted	0–4–0
Croatia	no member voted	1–0–0	4–0–0	no member voted	6–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Hungary	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	0–10–0	0–1–0	no member voted
Ireland	0–3–0	no member voted	1–0–0	3–0–1	3–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Italy	0–10–0	4–0–0	19–0–0	1–0–0	9–0–0	1–22–0	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	2–0–0	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	3–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Malta	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	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	7–0–0	4–0–0	1–0–2	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	15–0–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–0–1
Portugal	0–2–0	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	4–1–1	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–0
Sweden	0–2–0	3–0–0	5–0–0	3–0–0	5–0–0	3–0–0	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	1–0–0
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	1–5–0

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

Patriots members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
Country	Against	Abst.
Austria	6	0
Belgium	3	0
Czechia	6	0
Denmark	0	1
Spain	6	0
France	28	0
Greece	1	0
Hungary	10	0
Italy	5	0
Latvia	1	0
Netherlands	5	0
Poland	2	0
Portugal	1	0

Members

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No vote recorded, 55

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
András Tivadar KULJA group that day: EPP · Hungary
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
Christian DOLESCHAL group that day: EPP · Germany
Christophe BAY group that day: Patriots · France
Christophe GOMART group that day: EPP · France
Claudiu MANDA group that day: S&D · Romania
Csaba BOGDÁN group that day: EPP · Hungary
Cynthia NÍ MHURCHÚ group that day: Renew · Ireland
Daniel ATTARD group that day: S&D · Malta
David MCALLISTER group that day: EPP · Germany
Dominik TARCZYŃSKI group that day: ECR · Poland
Dóra DÁVID group that day: EPP · Hungary
Eszter LAKOS group that day: EPP · Hungary
Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK group that day: Patriots · Poland
François KALFON group that day: S&D · France
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
Jutta PAULUS group that day: Greens · Germany
Kinga KOLLÁR group that day: EPP · 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
Kristian VIGENIN group that day: S&D · Bulgaria
Luis-Vicențiu LAZARUS group that day: No group · Romania
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
Özlem DEMIREL group that day: The Left · Germany
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
Thomas BAJADA group that day: S&D · Malta
Tsvetelina PENKOVA group that day: S&D · Bulgaria
Victor NEGRESCU group that day: S&D · Romania
Viktor WEISZ group that day: EPP · Hungary
Ville NIINISTÖ group that day: Greens · Finland
Waldemar BUDA group that day: ECR · Poland

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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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24 Feb 2026	Paragraph 7 — part 2 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine	Split vote	413 for, 115 against, 60 abstained Adopted	For 70 %	Requested by The Left	r · shared0.87 552 voters
13 Feb 2025	Separate vote on paragraph 3 Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia	Separate vote	390 for, 109 against, 52 abstained Adopted	For 71 %	Requested by ESN	r · shared0.87 505 voters
24 Feb 2026	Paragraph 6 — part 6 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine	Split vote	405 for, 146 against, 38 abstained Adopted	For 69 %	Requested by The Left, Patriots, EPP	r · shared0.87 550 voters
24 Feb 2026	Paragraph 23 — part 2 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine	Split vote	404 for, 131 against, 64 abstained Adopted	For 67 %	Requested by Patriots	r · shared0.87 559 voters
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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-15/196428
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). “Recital BT — part 2 — Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield”. Vote, 15 September 2026. votingId 196428, reference 2025/2069(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-15/196428 (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-2026-09-15-196428,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Recital BT — part 2 — 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/2026-09-15/196428}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-15/196428},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 196428, 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)}
}