Treaties and agreements Parliament can only approve or refuse as a whole — no amendments are possible., Foreign affairs
EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Niue
Consent given by an overwhelming majority
Parliament gave its consent.
- For
- 543
- Against
- 77
- Abstained
- 31
roll-call vote at 12:21 · 83% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Dariusz Joński · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it. · Report A-10-2024-0024
AI:What this decision does
The draft decision concerns Niue's accession to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Pacific States, which sets out trade arrangements.§1: source passage in the text Parliament gave its consent to this accession, meaning it approved the agreement as a whole without amendments.§1: source passage in the text The accession will allow Niue to benefit from full duty-free and quota-free access to the EU market, replacing its current standard GSP arrangement.§2: source passage in the text Parliament's position will be forwarded to the Council, the Commission, and the governments and parliaments of the member states and Niue.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots, ESN; Against: The Left; Divided: Greens
- The Left Against 5 for, 37 against, 0 abstainedof 47
- Greens Divided 19 for, 29 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 113 for, 1 against, 11 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 74 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 78
- EPP For 168 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 70 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 80
- Patriots For 64 for, 0 against, 11 abstainedof 91
- ESN For 20 for, 0 against, 2 abstainedof 26
- No group not a group 10 for, 10 against, 6 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
31 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (37 of 42). For: 5
Damien Carême (France), Elena Kountoura (Greece), Nikolas Farantouris (Greece), Nikos Pappas (Greece), Younous Omarjee (France)
S&D voted for (113 of 125). Against: 1, Abstained: 11
Aurore Lalucq (France, abstained), Chloé Ridel (France, abstained), Christophe Clergeau (France, abstained), Claire Fita (France, abstained), Emma Rafowicz (France, abstained)
7 more from S&D
Eric Sargiacomo (France, abstained), Estelle Ceulemans (Belgium, against), Murielle Laurent (France, abstained), Nora Mebarek (France, abstained), Pierre Jouvet (France, abstained), Raphaël Glucksmann (France, abstained), Thomas Pellerin-Carlin (France, abstained)
ECR voted for (70 of 71). Abstained: 1
Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece)
Patriots voted for (64 of 75). Abstained: 11
Elisabeth Dieringer (Austria), Georg Mayer (Austria), Gerald Hauser (Austria), Harald Vilimsky (Austria), Jorge Buxadé Villalba (Spain)
6 more from Patriots
Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal (Spain), Malika Sorel (France), Margarita De La Pisa Carrión (Spain), Mireia Borrás Pabón (Spain), Petra Steger (Austria), Roman Haider (Austria)
ESN voted for (20 of 22). Abstained: 2
Ivan David (Czechia), Milan Uhrík (Slovakia)
Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.
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