← Votes·2026-01-21

Request for opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and Interim Trade Agreement (ITA)

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 183884Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓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+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+15 / 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 “Request for opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and Interim Trade Agreement (ITA)”. PfE, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, ECR and Renew voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (334 for, 324 against, 11 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

334

Against

324

Abstain

Margin of victory

10 votes

Turnout (cast)

669

Absent

Participation rate

93.0%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 10 votes. 50 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (50) was larger than the 10-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

S&Dhad 11 absent MEPs (margin was 10)

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 41Against 135Abstain 2Absent 7

S&D135 MEPs

For 36Against 88Abstain 0Absent 11

PfE84 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 7Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 38Against 39Abstain 0Absent 5

Renew78 MEPs

For 25Against 48Abstain 0Absent 5

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 36Against 12Abstain 1Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

NI29 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

France79
Poland48
Hungary18
Romania16
Greece13

Most against

Germany54
Italy52
Spain42
Netherlands17
Portugal16

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Finland
Germany
Greece
Netherlands
Romania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 2Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 7Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 79Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 35Against 54Abstain 1Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 21Against 52Abstain 0Absent 3

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 13Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 12Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 10Against 42Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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