← Votes·2019-11-28

EU/USA Agreement on the Allocation of a Share in the Tariff Rate Quota for imports of high-quality beef

Trade65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "tariff"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 110249Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “EU/USA Agreement on the Allocation of a Share in the Tariff Rate Quota for imports of high-quality beef”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, Left and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (429 for, 129 against, 65 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

429

Against

129

Abstain

Margin of victory

300 votes

Turnout (cast)

623

Absent

Participation rate

91.9%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP173 MEPs

For 141Against 3Abstain 14Absent 15

S&D132 MEPs

For 114Against 6Abstain 1Absent 11

Renew96 MEPs

For 85Against 1Abstain 4Absent 6

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 5Against 52Abstain 5Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 10Against 23Abstain 26Absent 5

ECR59 MEPs

For 51Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

The Left37 MEPs

For 1Against 27Abstain 8Absent 1

NI43 MEPs

For 20Against 11Abstain 4Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany49
Poland45
Italy40
Spain40
Romania28

Most against

France40

Divided delegations

Belgium
Finland
Germany
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria18 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 9Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

Denmark13 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland13 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

France74 MEPs

For 19Against 40Abstain 12Absent 3

Germany96 MEPs

For 49Against 36Abstain 6Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 5Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy73 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 24Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 22Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland51 MEPs

For 45Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania32 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain54 MEPs

For 40Against 8Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden20 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

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