Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Agriculture, food & fisheries
Granting equivalence with EU requirements to Moldova and Ukraine as regards field inspections and production of seed
Negotiating mandate approved
Parliament let its committee open negotiations with the Council on the basis of the committee’s report.
On the decision to open negotiations with the Council:
- For
- 411
- Against
- 191
- Abstained
- 13
roll-call vote at 13:10 · 67% of votes cast were for the decision to open negotiations with the Council
Committee report by Veronika Vrecionová · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · Report A-10-2025-0043
AI:What this decision does
The proposal updates EU rules on recognising field inspections and seed production in Moldova and Ukraine as equivalent to EU standards for certain crops.§1: source passage in the text Parliament adopted its position supporting the proposal, with two technical amendments on inspections to ensure long-term compliance with EU production requirements.§2: source passage in the text§3: source passage in the text The Council and Parliament must now agree before the law is finalised.§2: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: Patriots, ESN; Divided: ECR
- The Left For 28 for, 8 against, 1 abstainedof 47
- Greens For 51 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 117 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 66 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 129 for, 27 against, 1 abstainedof 193
- ECR Divided 17 for, 43 against, 6 abstainedof 80
- Patriots Against 0 for, 74 against, 1 abstainedof 91
- ESN Against 0 for, 23 against, 1 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 3 for, 16 against, 3 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
39 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted for (28 of 37). Against: 8, Abstained: 1
Anthony Smith (France, against), Arash Saeidi (France, against), Damien Carême (France, against), Emma Fourreau (France, against), João Oliveira (Portugal, against)
4 more from The Left
Leila Chaibi (France, against), Marc Botenga (Belgium, abstained), Marina Mesure (France, against), Rima Hassan (France, against)
EPP voted for (129 of 157). Against: 27, Abstained: 1
Adam Jarubas (Poland, against), András Tivadar Kulja (Hungary, against), Andrzej Buła (Poland, against), Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz (Poland, against), Bartosz Arłukowicz (Poland, against)
23 more from EPP
Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski (Poland, abstained), Céline Imart (France, against), Christophe Gomart (France, against), Dóra Dávid (Hungary, against), Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska (Poland, against), Esther Herranz García (Spain, against), Eszter Lakos (Hungary, against), François-Xavier Bellamy (France, against), Gabriella Gerzsenyi (Hungary, against), Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (Poland, against), Isabelle Le Callennec (France, against), Jacek Protas (Poland, against), Janusz Lewandowski (Poland, against), Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz (Poland, against), Kinga Kollár (Hungary, against), Krzysztof Brejza (Poland, against), Krzysztof Hetman (Poland, against), Laurent Castillo (France, against), Łukasz Kohut (Poland, against), Magdalena Adamowicz (Poland, against), Marta Wcisło (Poland, against), Nadine Morano (France, against), Zoltán Tarr (Hungary, against)
Patriots voted against (74 of 75). Abstained: 1
Anders Vistisen (Denmark)
ESN voted against (23 of 24). Abstained: 1
Petras Gražulis (Lithuania)
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