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Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia
Adopted by a large majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 417
- Against
- 131
- Abstained
- 108
roll-call vote at 13:14 · 64% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Hana Jalloul Muro · Report A-10-2025-0230
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted a resolution on relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia, setting out its position on deepening bilateral cooperation.§1: source passage in the text The text calls for a Strategic Partnership Agreement to give a legally binding framework to ties, covering areas such as energy, trade, security and human rights.§1: source passage in the text It also invites the Commission and member states to consider a Schengen visa waiver for Saudi citizens, once conditions are met.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots; Against: The Left, Greens; Abstained: ESN; Divided: S&D
- The Left Against 0 for, 39 against, 0 abstainedof 46
- Greens Against 0 for, 47 against, 2 abstainedof 54
- S&D Divided 66 for, 8 against, 50 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 64 for, 1 against, 1 abstainedof 75
- EPP For 173 for, 3 against, 2 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 56 for, 6 against, 10 abstainedof 79
- Patriots For 52 for, 12 against, 14 abstainedof 87
- ESN Abstained 1 for, 3 against, 19 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 5 for, 12 against, 10 abstainedof 30
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
55 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
Greens voted against (47 of 49). Abstained: 2
Hannah Neumann (Germany), Sergey Lagodinsky (Germany)
Renew voted for (64 of 66). Against: 1, Abstained: 1
Michael Mcnamara (Ireland, abstained), Stine Bosse (Denmark, against)
EPP voted for (173 of 178). Against: 3, Abstained: 2
Alice Teodorescu Måwe (Sweden, against), Henrik Dahl (Denmark, against), Hildegard Bentele (Germany, abstained), Miriam Lexmann (Slovakia, abstained), Niels Flemming Hansen (Denmark, against)
ECR voted for (56 of 72). Against: 6, Abstained: 10
Anna Zalewska (Poland, abstained), Assita Kanko (Belgium, abstained), Beatrice Timgren (Sweden, abstained), Bogdan Rzońca (Poland, abstained), Charlie Weimers (Sweden, abstained)
11 more from ECR
Dick Erixon (Sweden, abstained), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, abstained), Galato Alexandraki (Greece, abstained), Georgiana Teodorescu (Romania, abstained), Guillaume Peltier (France, against), Kris van Dijck (Belgium, abstained), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark, against), Laurence Trochu (France, against), Marion Maréchal (France, against), Nicolas Bay (France, against), Sebastian Tynkkynen (Finland, against)
Patriots voted for (52 of 78). Against: 12, Abstained: 14
Afroditi Latinopoulou (Greece, abstained), Anders Vistisen (Denmark, abstained), Anna Bryłka (Poland, abstained), António Tânger Corrêa (Portugal, abstained), Auke Zijlstra (Netherlands, against)
21 more from Patriots
Barbara Bonte (Belgium, abstained), Elisabeth Dieringer (Austria, against), France Jamet (France, against), Georg Mayer (Austria, against), Gerald Hauser (Austria, against), Gerolf Annemans (Belgium, abstained), Harald Vilimsky (Austria, against), Jorge Buxadé Villalba (Spain, abstained), Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal (Spain, abstained), Margarita De La Pisa Carrión (Spain, abstained), Marieke Ehlers (Netherlands, against), Mieke Andriese (Netherlands, against), Mireia Borrás Pabón (Spain, abstained), Petra Steger (Austria, against), Roman Haider (Austria, against), Sebastian Kruis (Netherlands, against), Tiago Moreira De Sá (Portugal, abstained), Tom Vandendriessche (Belgium, abstained), Tomasz Buczek (Poland, abstained), Ton Diepeveen (Netherlands, against), Vilis Krištopans (Latvia, abstained)
ESN abstained (19 of 23). For: 1, Against: 3
Milan Mazurek (Slovakia, against), Milan Uhrík (Slovakia, against), Petras Gražulis (Lithuania, for), Zsuzsanna Borvendég (Hungary, against)
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 amendments (4 rejected) and 2 parts of the text voted on separately (2 adopted).