← Votes·2024-02-29

Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union of the one part, and Republic of Kenya, Member of the East African Community of the other part ***

Vote ID 164961Source: 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
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+2 / 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 “Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union of the one part, and Republic of Kenya, Member of the East African Community of the other part ***”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Left voted mostly against. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (366 for, 86 against, 56 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

366

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

280 votes

Turnout (cast)

508

Absent

197

Participation rate

72.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 116Against 9Abstain 1Absent 53

S&D136 MEPs

For 83Against 5Abstain 6Absent 42

Renew100 MEPs

For 79Against 0Abstain 1Absent 20

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 40Absent 13

PfE64 MEPs

For 23Against 20Abstain 1Absent 20

ECR65 MEPs

For 40Against 2Abstain 1Absent 22

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 8Abstain 6Absent 16

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 27Abstain 0Absent 10

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany43
Italy40
Poland39
Spain32
Romania18

Most against

France39
Belgium8
Cyprus2

Divided delegations

Belgium
France
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 8Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 1Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 6

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 2Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 21Against 39Abstain 3Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 43Against 8Abstain 18Absent 27

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 4Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 2Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 3Abstain 0Absent 33

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 3Absent 8

Poland52 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 1Absent 12

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 7

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 1Absent 14

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 32Against 8Abstain 2Absent 17

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 3Absent 3

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