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# EU Parliament votes to toughen FDI screening rules for sensitive sectors
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-05-08-ep-fdi-screening-regulation-vote/
- Published: 2025-05-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T04:00:18.000Z
- Description: The European Parliament voted 378 to 173 to adopt its first reading position on the revised EU FDI Screening Regulation. It widens mandatory scrutiny to media, raw materials and transport, and lets the Commission intervene when states disagree.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [European Parliament press release, 8 May 2025](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20250502IPR28218?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish the final text, which still needs Council agreement and trilogue; Council was separately weighing a narrower, weaker compromise at the same time.

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