Votes

Plenary session 9 to 12 March 2026, Strasbourg

292 roll-call votes in this plenary session, 27 of them final votes: 26 adopted, 1 rejected. Every vote by political group and country.

9 March 2026

• Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the PfE Group: rejected, 87 for, 291 against, 22 abstentions

10 March 2026

• Public access to documents: adopted, 602 for, 9 against, 8 abstentions (final vote)
• The upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act: adopted, 399 for, 78 against, 69 abstentions (final vote)
• European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law-Making covering 2023 and 2024: adopted, 493 for, 92 against, 44 abstentions (final vote)
• Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges: adopted, 460 for, 71 against, 88 abstentions (final vote)
• Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing: adopted, 367 for, 166 against, 84 abstentions (final vote)
• Establishing an EU talent pool: adopted, 414 for, 182 against, 21 abstentions (final vote)
• Fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economies: adopted, 528 for, 21 against, 62 abstentions (final vote)
• Increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee: adopted, 441 for, 105 against, 81 abstentions (final vote)
• Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law: adopted, 498 for, 90 against, 28 abstentions (final vote)

11 March 2026

• European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026: adopted, 404 for, 208 against, 20 abstentions (final vote)
• Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty: adopted, 482 for, 108 against, 42 abstentions (final vote)
• Tackling barriers to the single market for defence: adopted, 393 for, 169 against, 67 abstentions (final vote)
• European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026: adopted, 392 for, 219 against, 18 abstentions (final vote)
• EU enlargement strategy: adopted, 385 for, 147 against, 98 abstentions (final vote)
• EU-Ecuador Agreement: cooperation between Europol and the Ecuadorian authorities competent for combating serious crime and terrorism: adopted, 586 for, 21 against, 11 abstentions (final vote)
• Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors: adopted, 458 for, 72 against, 98 abstentions (final vote)
• Flagship European defence projects of common interest: adopted, 448 for, 122 against, 38 abstentions (final vote)
• Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law: adopted, 455 for, 101 against, 74 abstentions (final vote)
• Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/004 BE/Tupperware – Belgium: adopted, 562 for, 53 against, 19 abstentions (final vote)
• Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission: adopted, 446 for, 100 against, 72 abstentions (final vote)
• Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application: adopted, 458 for, 103 against, 63 abstentions (final vote)

12 March 2026

• Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime: adopted, 438 for, 37 against, 81 abstentions (final vote)
• The arbitrary detention of President Mohamed Bazoum by the junta in Niger: adopted, 524 for, 2 against, 29 abstentions (final vote)
• Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029: adopted, 473 for, 81 against, 9 abstentions (final vote)
• Human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine: adopted, 479 for, 17 against, 43 abstentions (final vote)
• Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024: rejected, 233 for, 250 against, 76 abstentions (final vote)
• Multilateral negotiations in view of the WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, 26 to 29 March 2026: no roll-call final vote
• Package travel and linked travel arrangements: make the protection of travellers more effective and simplify and clarify certain aspects: adopted, 537 for, 2 against, 24 abstentions (final vote)

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