← Votes·2020-02-12

EU/Vietnam Free Trade Agreement

Trade86%★

Confidence: 86%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "trade agreement"
title/description contains "free trade"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 112338Source: 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+10 / 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/Vietnam Free Trade Agreement”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, PfE and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (416 for, 187 against, 44 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

416

Against

187

Abstain

Margin of victory

229 votes

Turnout (cast)

647

Absent

Participation rate

92.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 148Against 7Abstain 7Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 99Against 23Abstain 8Absent 6

Renew101 MEPs

For 85Against 5Abstain 6Absent 5

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 6Against 61Abstain 1Absent 3

PfE66 MEPs

For 15Against 40Abstain 5Absent 6

ECR63 MEPs

For 43Against 5Abstain 8Absent 7

NI44 MEPs

For 15Against 15Abstain 7Absent 7

The Left37 MEPs

For 1Against 30Abstain 2Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany57
Poland46
Spain40
Romania29
Netherlands16

Most against

France47
Italy31

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Finland
France
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 4Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 27Against 47Abstain 2Absent 3

Germany96 MEPs

For 57Against 30Abstain 3Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 2Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

Ireland12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 31Abstain 10Absent 7

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 16Against 9Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 6Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 40Against 11Abstain 4Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

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