← Votes·2022-06-23

Future of EU-Africa trade relations

Vote ID 145872Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Future of EU-Africa trade relations”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (463 for, 43 against, 81 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

463

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

420 votes

Turnout (cast)

587

Absent

118

Participation rate

83.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 146Against 0Abstain 2Absent 31

S&D136 MEPs

For 110Against 0Abstain 0Absent 26

Renew101 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 5Absent 11

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE67 MEPs

For 5Against 27Abstain 22Absent 13

ECR63 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 44Absent 12

NI44 MEPs

For 20Against 6Abstain 6Absent 12

The Left38 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany73
France45
Spain44
Italy38
Romania27

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 4Absent 5

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 45Against 14Abstain 3Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 73Against 8Abstain 3Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 1Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 1Abstain 26Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 6Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 25Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 44Against 4Abstain 0Absent 11

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

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