The European Parliament adopted its own-initiative report on the role of trade in EU economic security by 415 votes to 105 against, with 142 abstentions — a comfortable margin of 310 votes. The resolution was carried by a broad grand coalition spanning EPP, S&D, Renew, and the Greens/EFA, while PfE largely abstained and The Left voted against. ECR split, with most members abstaining. As a non-legislative own-initiative report, the resolution has no direct legal force, but it represents Parliament's formal political position and is intended to press the Commission to embed economic-security considerations — such as reducing strategic dependencies, strengthening supply chains, and deploying trade tools for resilience — into its trade agenda.
It may shape future legislative or policy proposals from the Commission in this area. The political centre — EPP, S&D, and Renew — voted nearly unanimously in favour, supplying the large majority of the winning margin. The Greens/EFA also backed the text with minimal abstentions. The most notable divergences came within PfE, where the majority abstained rather than supported, and within ECR, where most members also abstained; The Left opposed the resolution outright, reflecting reservations about the trade-and-security framing. Several national delegations broke from their group's majority position: notably, most ECR's Polish (PiS) and Czech (ODS) delegations abstained rather than voted with the small ECR minority in favour, while within PfE, the Dutch (PVV), Czech (ANO), and Belgian (Vlaams Belang) delegations voted against rather than abstaining with the PfE majority.