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European Parliament A10-0186/2026 Passed

Recommendations for safe and competitive crypto-assets in Europe

Official title: Digitale activa – uitdagingen voor het concurrentievermogen en de integriteit van het financiële stelsel van de Europese Unie

Status: Parliament has approved this proposal. (parliament: ‘Adopted’)

In plain language

  • The European Parliament calls for clear rules to foster innovation in digital currencies and investments while keeping the financial system safe.
  • This affects crypto-sector companies, financial supervisory authorities, banks, and people using digital currencies or crypto-assets.
  • You will receive better protection against fraud and money laundering, while digital payments and investing can become faster, cheaper, and safer.

Automatically summarised (gemini-3.8-flash). AI can make mistakes: if in doubt, read the official text.

From proposal to law

  1. Submitted 7 July 2026
  2. Approved by parliament 7 July 2026
  3. Signed by the Parliament and the Council not yet
  4. Published in the Official Journal of the EU not yet
  5. In force not yet

After the vote, the government (or, for a European law, the Council) still has to sign the proposal. Then it appears in the official journal. This usually takes a few weeks; we check every day.

How parliament voted

Passed on 7 July 2026

390 for · 86 against · 134 abstention(s)

In the European Parliament, a parliamentary group is a group of MEPs from like-minded parties in different countries. For each group, you can see how many members voted for or against, or abstained.

  • For
  • Against
  • Abstain
  • Dot: colour of the group
  • EPP (Christian Democrats) Divided

    159 for · 1 against · 0 abstentions

  • S&D (Social Democrats) Divided

    106 for · 0 against · 12 abstentions

  • Patriots for Europe Divided

    7 for · 14 against · 50 abstentions

  • Renew (Liberals) Divided

    67 for · 1 against · 0 abstentions

  • ECR (Conservatives) Divided

    42 for · 5 against · 19 abstentions

  • Greens/EFA Divided

    1 for · 0 against · 46 abstentions

  • The Left Divided

    0 for · 27 against · 3 abstentions

  • Non-attached Divided

    8 for · 15 against · 4 abstentions

  • Europe of Sovereign Nations Voted against

    0 for · 23 against · 0 abstentions

How MEPs voted, by country

Each country elects its own MEPs. Here you can see how the members from each country voted, regardless of their group.

🇦🇹 MEPs from Austria

Majority in favour

10 for · 5 against · 2 abstentions

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