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Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Arab Republic of Egypt 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 ***

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "egypt"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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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 167417Source: 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 Arab Republic of Egypt 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, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. Greens-EFA and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (493 for, 5 against, 107 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

493

Against

Abstain

107

Margin of victory

488 votes

Turnout (cast)

605

Absent

100

Participation rate

85.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 152Against 0Abstain 1Absent 26

S&D136 MEPs

For 107Against 1Abstain 5Absent 23

Renew100 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 59Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 6Absent 15

NI46 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 7Absent 10

The Left38 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 28Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
Italy54
France45
Poland44
Spain43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 7Absent 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 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 18Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 29Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 6Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 4Absent 18

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 7Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 3Absent 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 43Against 0Abstain 12Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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