Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.
Implementation of the EU-Southern African Development Community (SADC) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
Adopted by a large majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 397
- Against
- 47
- Abstained
- 89
roll-call vote at 12:25 · 74% of votes cast in favour
Committee report · Report A-9-2024-0024
How the groups voted
For: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Abstained: ECR, ESN; Divided: The Left, Patriots
- The Left Divided 1 for, 6 against, 4 abstainedof 44
- Greens For 25 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 53
- S&D For 53 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 135
- Renew For 34 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 78
- EPP For 75 for, 1 against, 2 abstainedof 184
- ECR Abstained 0 for, 0 against, 17 abstainedof 84
- Patriots Divided 4 for, 12 against, 6 abstainedof 85
- ESN Abstained 0 for, 1 against, 2 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 2 for, 2 against, 0 abstainedof 28
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
Nobody voted differently from a clear line of their group.
Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 4 parts of the text voted on separately (4 adopted).