← Votes·2023-11-22

EU/New Zealand 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 160064Source: 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
✓Strong 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+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 “EU/New Zealand Free Trade Agreement”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (457 for, 104 against, 74 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

457

Against

104

Abstain

Margin of victory

353 votes

Turnout (cast)

635

Absent

Participation rate

90.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 150Against 5Abstain 7Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 115Against 1Abstain 5Absent 15

Renew100 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

ECR64 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 46Absent 1

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 50Against 12Abstain 1Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 13Against 40Abstain 4Absent 7

NI46 MEPs

For 25Against 9Abstain 5Absent 7

The Left36 MEPs

For 2Against 25Abstain 5Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
Spain46
Italy40
Romania31
Poland24

Most against

France35

Divided delegations

France
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 2Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 21Against 35Abstain 14Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 4Abstain 4Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 2Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 22Abstain 10Absent 4

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 3Abstain 3Absent 4

Poland51 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 24Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain57 MEPs

For 46Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

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