The Parliament adopted the Digital Omnibus on AI package's key amendment by 423 votes to 57 , with 174 abstentions. The winning coalition was broad: EPP, S&D, Renew, and most of Greens/EFA voted in favour, with large shares of ECR, ESN, and PfE abstaining rather than opposing. Before reaching that point, the chamber rejected a procedural motion — likely a referral back to committee or a request for postponement — by 468 votes to 135 , with 51 abstentions. That motion had been backed principally by PfE and parts of ECR and NI, while the political centre (EPP, S&D, Renew) and the left voted solidly against it, preserving the file's path to a final vote. The substantive amendment (Am 118) adds a technical cross-reference clarifying which AI systems fall within a particular annex category, a drafting change that attracted wide support across the mainstream and centre-left. The most notable pattern among abstentions was ECR's near-total abstention on Am 118 ( 62 abstentions against 13 in favour), as well as ESN abstaining across both votes. Several national delegations — including Italian members of The Left (Movimento 5 Stelle) and French delegations across multiple groups — voted against their group's majority line on Am 118, largely by abstaining where their group voted for. As a non-legislative own-initiative resolution, this text carries no direct legal force, but it represents Parliament's formal political position on simplifying AI Act implementation and may press the Commission to bring forward or shape corresponding legislative proposals.
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