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EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Tonga ***

Enlargement65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "accession"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 171158Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Enlargement
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 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 “EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Tonga ***”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (545 for, 81 against, 26 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

464 votes

Turnout (cast)

652

Absent

Participation rate

90.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 167Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

S&D135 MEPs

For 112Against 1Abstain 11Absent 11

Renew79 MEPs

For 76Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ECR82 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 2Absent 11

PfE81 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 4Absent 11

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 17Against 32Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 3Against 38Abstain 0Absent 4

NI30 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 8Absent 3

ESN26 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany65
Italy58
France53
Poland47
Spain41

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 53Against 13Abstain 12Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 65Against 20Abstain 3Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 58Against 9Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 27Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 47Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 41Against 7Abstain 4Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

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