European Parliament · 19 January 2021

Implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy - annual report 2020

Amendment

Adopted

This was a vote on one amendment to the text, not on the text as a whole.

405 in favour · 242 against · 34 abstained. 681 members voted.

What it asks for, in the Parliament's words

• Calls on the Member States to increase their defence spending and aim for a target of 2 % of GDP
• Welcomes the EU’s activities aimed at supporting the universalisation of the Arms Trade Treaty, and calls on all the major arms-exporting countries to sign and ratify it as soon as possible
• Recalls that effective international arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation regimes are a cornerstone of global and European security and stability

Quoted from A9-0265/2020, which says more than these lines. Each is a whole paragraph; this site does not rewrite them.

See how every country and every MEP voted

Check it at the European Parliament

• Roll-call results, 19 January 2021
• Minutes of the sitting
• Procedure file A9-0265/2020
• Open data record for the sitting