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EU/Australia Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV

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 136974Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Strong political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+0 / 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/Australia Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while PfE voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (451 for, 53 against, 62 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

451

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

398 votes

Turnout (cast)

566

Absent

139

Participation rate

80.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 136Against 8Abstain 1Absent 34

S&D136 MEPs

For 105Against 0Abstain 7Absent 24

Renew101 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 16Absent 16

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 11Absent 18

PfE67 MEPs

For 17Against 33Abstain 1Absent 16

ECR63 MEPs

For 49Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

The Left38 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 22Absent 3

NI44 MEPs

For 23Against 5Abstain 4Absent 12

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany67
Italy46
Poland44
Spain37
Romania30

Most against

France31

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 5Against 31Abstain 30Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 5Absent 24

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 5Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 46Against 21Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 4Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 6Absent 16

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

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