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Recommendation to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning the Implementation and governance of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)

2020/2080(INI)·9th term·AFCO / AFET·INI - Own-initiative procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: Common security and defence policy (CSDP); WEU, NATO
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): SIKORSKI Radosław (EPP)
Summary

This own-initiative dossier is a recommendation on the implementation and governance of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO). The amendments rework provisions on the common security and defence policy and Treaty articles, the participating Member States and their defence capabilities, the European Defence Agency, the relationship with NATO, the prohibition on financing military operations from the EU budget, neutrality, and the cost of non-Europe in security and defence.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    8 Jul 2020 – 13 Jul 2020
  2. Plenary vote — Passed
    20 Oct 2020 · On the resolution (the text as a whole)
  3. Procedure completed
400
Amendments
distinct, in window
55
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committee(s)
8 Jul 2020 – 13 Jul 2020
Dates

Plenary votes

105 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

  1. Show the 27 earlier votes
    1. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 1
      Official label: § 1 (af) (ii) · what was voted ↗
      526 for150 against13 abstentions14 did not vote
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    2. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 1
      Official label: § 1 (ag) · what was voted ↗
      518 for159 against12 abstentions14 did not vote
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    3. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 1
      Official label: § 1 (ah) · what was voted ↗
      515 for138 against36 abstentions14 did not vote
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    4. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 1
      Official label: § 1 (ai) · what was voted ↗
      292 for290 against107 abstentions14 did not vote
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    5. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 1
      Official label: § 1 (aj) · what was voted ↗
      521 for148 against19 abstentions15 did not vote
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    6. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 1
      Official label: § 1 (ak) · what was voted ↗
      593 for73 against23 abstentions14 did not vote
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    7. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 1
      Official label: § 1 (al) · what was voted ↗
      380 for135 against174 abstentions14 did not vote
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    8. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital B
      Official label: Considérant B · what was voted ↗
      519 for146 against24 abstentions14 did not vote
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    9. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital E
      Official label: Considérant E · what was voted ↗
      536 for88 against65 abstentions14 did not vote
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    10. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital F
      Official label: Considérant F · what was voted ↗
      522 for84 against83 abstentions14 did not vote
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    11. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital K
      Official label: Considérant K · what was voted ↗
      512 for86 against90 abstentions15 did not vote
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    12. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital L
      Official label: Considérant L · what was voted ↗
      574 for77 against37 abstentions15 did not vote
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    13. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital Q
      Official label: Considérant Q · what was voted ↗
      497 for134 against57 abstentions15 did not vote
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    14. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital S
      Official label: Considérant S · what was voted ↗
      528 for129 against31 abstentions15 did not vote
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    15. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital T
      Official label: Considérant T · what was voted ↗
      551 for92 against44 abstentions16 did not vote
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    16. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital U
      Official label: Considérant U · what was voted ↗
      582 for86 against20 abstentions15 did not vote
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    17. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital V
      Official label: Considérant V · what was voted ↗
      519 for153 against16 abstentions15 did not vote
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    18. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital W
      Official label: Considérant W/1 · what was voted ↗
      589 for84 against15 abstentions15 did not vote
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    19. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital W
      Official label: Considérant W/2 · what was voted ↗
      517 for96 against75 abstentions15 did not vote
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    20. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital X
      Official label: Considérant X · what was voted ↗
      511 for159 against18 abstentions15 did not vote
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    21. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital AA
      Official label: Considérant AA · what was voted ↗
      513 for131 against44 abstentions15 did not vote
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    22. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital AB
      Official label: Considérant AB · what was voted ↗
      517 for93 against78 abstentions15 did not vote
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    23. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital AC
      Official label: Considérant AC · what was voted ↗
      558 for84 against46 abstentions15 did not vote
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    24. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital AD
      Official label: Considérant AD · what was voted ↗
      521 for128 against39 abstentions15 did not vote
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    25. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital AE
      Official label: Considérant AE · what was voted ↗
      534 for118 against36 abstentions15 did not vote
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    26. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital AF
      Official label: Considérant AF · what was voted ↗
      520 for125 against43 abstentions15 did not vote
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    27. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital AG
      Official label: Considérant AG · what was voted ↗
      563 for60 against65 abstentions15 did not vote
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  2. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
    On recital AK
    Official label: Considérant AK · what was voted ↗
    552 for85 against51 abstentions15 did not vote
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  3. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
    On recital AN
    Official label: Considérant AN · what was voted ↗
    506 for146 against36 abstentions15 did not vote
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  4. 20 Oct 2020Main votePassedoutcome from totals
    On the resolution (the text as a whole)
    Official label: Résolution · what was voted ↗
    464 for90 against137 abstentions12 did not vote
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Showing the 30 most relevant of 105 recorded votes — the full list ships with the data files. · Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

PE654.064 ↗PE655.648 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

55 Members · by amendment count
1🇮🇪
Clare DALY
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Ireland
69
2🇮🇪
Mick WALLACE
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Ireland
69
3🇪🇸
Manu PINEDA
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Spain
69
4🇱🇹
Juozas OLEKAS
Socialists & Democrats · Lithuania
47(12 solo)
5🇪🇸
Javier NART
Renew Europe · Spain
40
6🇧🇬
Elena YONCHEVA
Socialists & Democrats · Bulgaria
37
7🇪🇸
Javi LÓPEZ
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
37
8🇵🇱
Robert BIEDROŃ
Socialists & Democrats · Poland
37
9🇳🇱
Bart GROOTHUIS
Renew Europe · Netherlands
37
10🇱🇹
Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS
Renew Europe · Lithuania
32
11🇭🇺
Attila ARA-KOVÁCS
Socialists & Democrats · Hungary
30(1 solo)
12🇪🇪
Urmas PAET
Renew Europe · Estonia
30(2 solo)
13🇸🇮
Klemen GROŠELJ
Renew Europe · Slovenia
30
14🇳🇱
Malik AZMANI
Renew Europe · Netherlands
25
15🇦🇹
Thomas WAITZ
Greens / EFA · Austria
24(24 solo)
16🇧🇪
Kris PEETERS
European People's Party (EPP) · Belgium
23(23 solo)
17🇫🇷
Thierry MARIANI
Patriots for Europe · France
22
18🇫🇷
Jérôme RIVIÈRE
Identity & Democracy · France
22
19🇵🇱
Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI
European Conservatives & Reformists · Poland
20
20🇨🇿
Alexandr VONDRA
European Conservatives & Reformists · Czechia
20
21🇸🇪
Charlie WEIMERS
European Conservatives & Reformists · Sweden
19(8 solo)
22🇫🇷
Nathalie LOISEAU
Renew Europe · France
18
23🇮🇹
Fabio Massimo CASTALDO
Renew Europe · Italy
17(17 solo)
24🇫🇷
Christophe GRUDLER
Renew Europe · France
15
25🇧🇬
Ilhan KYUCHYUK
Renew Europe · Bulgaria
13

The amendments, in full text

400 amendments

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