European Fiscal Compact
Ratification and implementation
In December 2012, Finland became the twelfth eurozone state to ratify the treaty, thus triggering its entry into force on 1 January 2013.

European Fiscal Compact

Section Title: Ratification and implementation
Table Section Text: In December 2012, Finland became the twelfth eurozone state to ratify the treaty, thus triggering its entry into force on 1 January 2013.

State	Signed	Conclusion date	Institution	Majority needed	In favour	Against	AB	Deposited	Ref.

Austria	Yes	4 Jul 2012	Federal Council	50%	103	60	0	30 Jul 2012

6 Jul 2012	National Council	50%	42	13	0

17 Jul 2012	Presidential Assent	–	Granted

Belgium	Yes	23 May 2013	Senate	50%	49	9	2	28 March 2014

20 Jun 2013	Chamber of Representatives	50%	111	23	0

18 Jul 2013	Royal Assent (Federal law)	–	Granted

20 Dec 2013	50%	54	0	1

50%	54	0	1

14 Oct 2013	German-speaking Community	50%	19	5	0

21 Dec 2013	French Community	50%	66	1	1

20 Dec 2013	Brussels Regional Parliament	50%	62	10	2

20 Dec 2013	50%	54	3	1

50%	9	7	0

19 Dec 2012	50%	62	0	0

50%	64	0	0

20 Dec 2013	COCOF Assembly	50%	56	3	1

Bulgaria	Yes	28 Nov 2013	National Assembly	50%	109	0	5	14 Jan 2014

3 Dec 2013	Presidential Assent	–	Granted

Croatia	No	26 Jan 2018	Parliament	114	0	10	7 Mar 2018

31 Jan 2018	Presidential Assent	–	Granted

Czech Republic	No	Did not conclude	Chamber of Deputies (Sobotka)	60%	3 April 2018

27 Aug 2014	Senate (Sobotka)	60%	58	10	5

Did not conclude	Presidential Assent (Sobotka)	–

1 Nov 2018	Chamber of Deputies (Babiš)	50%	106	43	4

20 Dec 2018	Senate (Babiš)	50%	34	7	11

6 Mar 2019	Presidential Assent (Babiš)	–	Granted

Cyprus	Yes	20 Apr 2012	Council of Ministers	–	Approved	26 Jul 2012

29 Jun 2012	Presidential Assent	–	Granted

Denmark	Yes	31 May 2012	Folketing	50%	80	27	0	19 Jul 2012

18 Jun 2012	Royal Assent	–	Granted

Estonia	Yes	17 Oct 2012	Riigikogu	50%	63	0	0	5 Dec 2012

5 Nov 2012	Presidential Assent	–	Granted

Finland	Yes	18 Dec 2012	Parliament	50%	139	38	1	21 Dec 2012

Presidential Assent	–	Granted

France	Yes	11 Oct 2012	Senate	50%	307 (91%)	32 (9%)	8	26 Nov 2012

9 Oct 2012	National Assembly	50%	477 (87%)	70 (13%)	21

22 Oct 2012	Presidential Assent	–	Granted

Germany	Yes	29 Jun 2012	Bundesrat	66.7%	65	0	4	27 Sep 2012

29 Jun 2012	Bundestag	66.7%	491	111	6

13 Sep 2012	Presidential Assent	–	Granted

Greece	Yes	28 Mar 2012	Parliament	50%	194	59	0	10 May 2012

Hungary	Yes	25 Mar 2013	National Assembly	66.7%	307	32	13	15 May 2013

29 Mar 2013	Presidential Assent	–	Granted

Ireland	Yes	20 Apr 2012	Dáil	50%	93	21	N/A	14 Dec 2012

24 Apr 2012	Senate	50%	Approved

31 May 2012	Referendum	50%	60.3%	39.7%	N/A

27 Jun 2012	Presidential Assent	–	Granted

Italy	Yes	12 Jul 2012	Senate	66.7%	216	24	21	14 Sep 2012

19 Jul 2012	Chamber of Deputies	66.7%	368	65	65

23 Jul 2012	Presidential Assent	–	Granted

Latvia	Yes	31 May 2012	Parliament	66.7%	67 (69%)	29 (30%)	1 (1%)	22 Jun 2012

13 Jun 2012	Presidential Assent	–	Granted

Lithuania	Yes	28 Jun 2012	Seimas	50% and min. 57 yes votes	80	11	21	6 Sep 2012

4 Jul 2012	Presidential Assent	–	Granted

Luxembourg	Yes	27 Feb 2013	Chamber of Deputies	66.7%	46	10	0	8 May 2013

29 Mar 2013	Grand Ducal Assent	–	Granted

Malta	Yes	11 Jun 2013	House of Representatives	50%	Unanimously	28 Jun 2013

Netherlands	Yes	25 Jun 2013	Senate	50%	Approved without vote	8 Oct 2013

26 Mar 2013	House of Representatives	50%	112	33	0

26 Jun 2013	Royal Assent	–	Granted

Poland	Yes	20 Feb 2013	Sejm	50%	282	155	1	8 Aug 2013

21 Feb 2013	Senate	50%	57	26	0

24 Jul 2013	Presidential Assent	–	Granted

Portugal	Yes	13 Apr 2012	Assembly	50%	204	24	2	5 Jul 2012

27 Jun 2012	Presidential Assent	–	Granted

Romania	Yes	21 May 2012	Senate	50%	89	1	0	6 Nov 2012

8 May 2012	House of Representatives	50%	237	0	2

13 Jun 2012	Presidential Assent	–	Granted

Slovakia	Yes	18 Dec 2012	National Council	50% (absolute) min.76 yes votes	138	0	2	17 Jan 2013

11 Jan 2013	Presidential Assent	–	Granted

Slovenia	Yes	19 Apr 2012	National Assembly	50%	74	0	2	30 May 2012

30 Apr 2012	Presidential Assent	–	Granted

Spain	Yes	18 Jul 2012	Senate	50%	240	4	1	27 Sep 2012

21 Jun 2012	Congress of Deputies	50%	309	19	1

25 Jul 2012	Royal Assent	–	Granted

Sweden	Yes	7 Mar 2013	Riksdagen	50%	251	23	37	3 May 2013

Sentence(s)

Ireland held a referendum on 31 May 2012, which was approved by 60.3%.

final_sentence: Ireland held a referendum on 31 May 2012, which was approved by 60.3%.