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EC-India Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: renewal of the Agreement ***

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

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Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "india"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 178385Source: 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
✓Some 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+4 / 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-India Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: renewal of the Agreement ***”. EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (624 for, 9 against, 32 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

624

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

615 votes

Turnout (cast)

665

Absent

Participation rate

92.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 173Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

S&D135 MEPs

For 128Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

PfE82 MEPs

For 67Against 6Abstain 6Absent 3

ECR82 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew79 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 47Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

NI29 MEPs

For 23Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

ESN27 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 22Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany78
France75
Italy67
Spain56
Poland41

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 78Against 1Abstain 14Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 5Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

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