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Further development of the Capital Markets Union (CMU): improving access to capital market finance, in particular by SMEs, and further enabling retail investor participation

2020/2036(INI)·9th term·ECON·INI - Own-initiative procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: Free movement of capital · Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), craft industries · Financial management of undertakings, business loans, accounting
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): BENJUMEA BENJUMEA Isabel (EPP)
Summary

The dossier concerns the further development of the Capital Markets Union (CMU), including access to capital market finance for SMEs and retail investor participation. Amendments address diversifying financing options for companies and citizens, turning savers into investors, financial stability and investor protection, environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, covered bonds and European Secured Notes, a euro area safe asset, and the impact of COVID-19 on SMEs.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    17 Jul 2020
  2. Plenary vote — Passed
    8 Oct 2020 · On the resolution (the text as a whole)
  3. Procedure completed
336
Amendments
distinct, in window
45
Members
tabled at least one
1
Committee(s)
17 Jul 2020
Dates

Plenary votes

6 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 3 earlier votes
    1. 7 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 1
      Official label: Am 1 · what was voted ↗
      504 for110 against82 abstentions8 did not vote
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    2. 7 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 2
      Official label: Am 2 · what was voted ↗
      498 for142 against55 abstentions9 did not vote
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    3. 7 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 3
      Official label: Am 3 · what was voted ↗
      601 for11 against84 abstentions8 did not vote
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  2. 7 Oct 2020Failedoutcome from totals
    On paragraph 26
    Official label: § 26 · what was voted ↗
    92 for549 against55 abstentions8 did not vote
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  3. 7 Oct 2020Failedoutcome from totals
    On recital R
    Official label: Considérant R · what was voted ↗
    158 for500 against38 abstentions8 did not vote
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  4. 8 Oct 2020Main votePassedoutcome from totals
    On the resolution (the text as a whole)
    Official label: Résolution · what was voted ↗
    417 for205 against72 abstentions11 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

PE654.028 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

45 Members · by amendment count
1🇪🇸
Jonás FERNÁNDEZ
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
46(14 solo)
2🇩🇰
Kira Marie PETER-HANSEN
Greens / EFA · Denmark
43(43 solo)
3🇲🇹
Alfred SANT
Socialists & Democrats · Malta
43
4🇫🇮
Eero HEINÄLUOMA
Socialists & Democrats · Finland
43
5🇫🇷
Stéphanie YON-COURTIN
Renew Europe · France
41
6🇧🇪
Olivier CHASTEL
Renew Europe · Belgium
41
7🇫🇷
Gilles BOYER
Renew Europe · France
40
8🇱🇻
Ivars IJABS
Renew Europe · Latvia
39
9🇱🇺
Marc ANGEL
Socialists & Democrats · Luxembourg
38
10🇨🇾
Costas MAVRIDES
Socialists & Democrats · Cyprus
38
11🇮🇪
Billy KELLEHER
Renew Europe · Ireland
36
12🇩🇪
Engin EROGLU
Renew Europe · Germany
36(8 solo)
13🇧🇪
Johan VAN OVERTVELDT
European Conservatives & Reformists · Belgium
35(35 solo)
14🇳🇱
Caroline NAGTEGAAL
Renew Europe · Netherlands
34
15🇵🇱
Danuta Maria HÜBNER
European People's Party (EPP) · Poland
27(19 solo)
16🇪🇸
Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA
European People's Party (EPP) · Spain
27
17🇪🇸
José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL
European People's Party (EPP) · Spain
27
18🇩🇪
Nicola BEER
Renew Europe · Germany
26
19🇱🇺
Monica SEMEDO
Renew Europe · Luxembourg
25
20🇨🇿
Ondřej KOVAŘÍK
Patriots for Europe · Czechia
24
21🇨🇿
Martin HLAVÁČEK
Renew Europe · Czechia
23
22🇩🇪
Gunnar BECK
Identity & Democracy · Germany
20(16 solo)
23🇵🇹
José GUSMÃO
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Portugal
17(17 solo)
24🇮🇹
Fabio Massimo CASTALDO
Renew Europe · Italy
13(6 solo)
25🇱🇺
Christophe HANSEN
European People's Party (EPP) · Luxembourg
12

The amendments, in full text

336 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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