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Union tariff rate quota for high quality beef from Paraguay

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 137937Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Union tariff rate quota for high quality beef from Paraguay”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. Greens-EFA and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (562 for, 6 against, 121 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

562

Against

Abstain

121

Margin of victory

556 votes

Turnout (cast)

689

Absent

Participation rate

97.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 174Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

S&D135 MEPs

For 123Against 1Abstain 6Absent 5

Renew101 MEPs

For 98Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 67Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 29Against 3Abstain 11Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 34Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy70
Germany60
France54
Poland50
Spain46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 24Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 31Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 8Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 12Absent 1

Sweden20 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

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