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Implementation of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

Trade65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "trade agreement"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 163078Source: 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
✓Significant 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+12 / 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 “Implementation of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. PfE and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (391 for, 157 against, 83 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

391

Against

157

Abstain

Margin of victory

234 votes

Turnout (cast)

631

Absent

Participation rate

89.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 145Against 6Abstain 4Absent 24

S&D136 MEPs

For 100Against 14Abstain 5Absent 17

Renew100 MEPs

For 96Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 0Against 60Abstain 3Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 13Against 19Abstain 25Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 39Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 22Against 14Abstain 4Absent 6

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 35Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany57
Spain46
Italy29
Romania26
Hungary17

Most against

France41
Greece15
Cyprus3

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
France
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 8Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 25Against 41Abstain 6Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 57Against 28Abstain 1Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 8Abstain 28Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 1Absent 7

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 1Abstain 25Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

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