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EU-Canada Agreement laying down the conditions for the participation of Canadian legal entities and products originating in Canada to procurement under the SAFE Instrument ***

Vote ID 192529Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 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 “EU-Canada Agreement laying down the conditions for the participation of Canadian legal entities and products originating in Canada to procurement under the SAFE Instrument ***”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (466 for, 169 against, 14 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

466

Against

169

Abstain

Margin of victory

297 votes

Turnout (cast)

649

Absent

Participation rate

91.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 156Against 1Abstain 1Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 120Against 1Abstain 0Absent 14

PfE85 MEPs

For 18Against 57Abstain 4Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 45Against 29Abstain 3Absent 5

Renew77 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Greens/EFA52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 7Against 34Abstain 2Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 24Abstain 1Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 1Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany65
Italy52
Spain39
Poland27
Romania24

Most against

France40
Slovakia8

Divided delegations

Austria
France
Greece
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France80 MEPs

For 29Against 40Abstain 2Absent 9

Germany95 MEPs

For 65Against 24Abstain 2Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary18 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 52Against 17Abstain 0Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 22Against 6Abstain 3Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 27Against 23Abstain 1Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 3Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 39Against 12Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

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