← Votes·2024-04-10

Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Argentine Republic amending the Agreement of the European Union and the Argentine Republic pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union ***

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 167034Source: 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
✓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+7 / 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 “Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Argentine Republic amending the Agreement of the European Union and the Argentine Republic pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union ***”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (545 for, 34 against, 36 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

545

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

511 votes

Turnout (cast)

615

Absent

Participation rate

87.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 155Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

S&D136 MEPs

For 117Against 1Abstain 1Absent 17

Renew100 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 53Against 1Abstain 2Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 28Against 18Abstain 3Absent 15

NI46 MEPs

For 28Against 2Abstain 6Absent 10

The Left38 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 20Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany86
Italy57
France45
Poland45
Spain45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 45Against 23Abstain 2Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 6Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 4Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 1Absent 18

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 26Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 45Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 9Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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