← Votes·2025-12-16

Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products ***I

Agriculture66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "agricultural"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Trade65%

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "trade agreement"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 182578Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Agriculture
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products ***I”. ECR, PfE, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D and Renew voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (318 for, 330 against, 10 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

318

Against

330

Abstain

Margin of victory

12 votes

Turnout (cast)

658

Absent

Participation rate

91.5%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 12 votes. 61 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (61) was larger than the 12-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 15 absent MEPs (margin was 12)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 19Against 148Abstain 3Absent 15

S&D135 MEPs

For 26Against 99Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR82 MEPs

For 63Against 13Abstain 1Absent 5

PfE84 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew78 MEPs

For 8Against 62Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 16Against 6Abstain 5Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

France62
Italy44
Poland30
Austria14
Belgium13

Most against

Germany50
Spain41
Romania21
Netherlands17
Portugal15

Divided delegations

Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Finland
Germany
Greece
Italy
Latvia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 62Against 13Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 39Against 50Abstain 1Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 3Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland14 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 2Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 44Against 30Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 12Against 17Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 30Against 18Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 21Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 11Against 41Abstain 1Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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