Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Agriculture, food & fisheries
Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products
Passed by a large majority
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
- For
- 483
- Against
- 102
- Abstained
- 67
roll-call vote at 13:02 · 74% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Gabriel Mato · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · Report A-10-2025-0254
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted its position on a proposed EU law implementing the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products.§1: source passage in the text The law aims to protect sensitive EU agricultural sectors by allowing swift, proportionate safeguard measures when imports from Mercosur countries cause or threaten serious injury to EU producers.§2: source passage in the text Parliament's position includes amendments to the Commission's proposal, and it calls on the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially changes the text.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, ESN; Against: Patriots; Abstained: The Left
- The Left Abstained 3 for, 9 against, 30 abstainedof 46
- Greens For 34 for, 0 against, 14 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 105 for, 3 against, 13 abstainedof 136
- Renew For 68 for, 1 against, 0 abstainedof 75
- EPP For 170 for, 7 against, 0 abstainedof 192
- ECR For 52 for, 21 against, 0 abstainedof 79
- Patriots Against 14 for, 56 against, 0 abstainedof 86
- ESN For 21 for, 1 against, 0 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 16 for, 4 against, 10 abstainedof 32
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
86 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left abstained (30 of 42). For: 3, Against: 9
Anja Hazekamp (Netherlands, against), Elena Kountoura (Greece, against), Hanna Gedin (Sweden, for), Jonas Sjöstedt (Sweden, for), Kathleen Funchion (Ireland, against)
7 more from The Left
Konstantinos Arvanitis (Greece, against), Luke Ming Flanagan (Ireland, against), Lynn Boylan (Ireland, against), Marc Botenga (Belgium, against), Merja Kyllönen (Finland, for), Nikolas Farantouris (Greece, against), Nikos Pappas (Greece, against)
Greens voted for (34 of 48). Abstained: 14
Ana Miranda Paz (Spain), Benedetta Scuderi (Italy), Cristina Guarda (Italy), David Cormand (France), Diana Riba I Giner (Spain)
9 more from Greens
Ignazio Roberto Marino (Italy), Jaume Asens Llodrà (Spain), Marie Toussaint (France), Mélissa Camara (France), Mounir Satouri (France), Sara Matthieu (Belgium), Tilly Metz (Luxembourg), Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Spain), Vladimir Prebilič (Slovenia)
S&D voted for (105 of 121). Against: 3, Abstained: 13
Aurore Lalucq (France, abstained), Christophe Clergeau (France, abstained), Claire Fita (France, abstained), Elio Di Rupo (Belgium, abstained), Emma Rafowicz (France, abstained)
11 more from S&D
Eric Sargiacomo (France, abstained), Estelle Ceulemans (Belgium, abstained), François Kalfon (France, abstained), Jean-Marc Germain (France, abstained), Murielle Laurent (France, abstained), Nikos Papandreou (Greece, against), Nora Mebarek (France, abstained), Raphaël Glucksmann (France, abstained), Sakis Arnaoutoglou (Greece, against), Thomas Pellerin-Carlin (France, abstained), Yannis Maniatis (Greece, against)
Renew voted for (68 of 69). Against: 1
Ciaran Mullooly (Ireland)
EPP voted for (170 of 177). Against: 7
András Tivadar Kulja (Hungary), Dóra Dávid (Hungary), Eszter Lakos (Hungary), Gabriella Gerzsenyi (Hungary), Kinga Kollár (Hungary)
2 more from EPP
Marion Walsmann (Germany), Zoltán Tarr (Hungary)
ECR voted for (52 of 73). Against: 21
Adam Bielan (Poland), Anna Zalewska (Poland), Arkadiusz Mularczyk (Poland), Beata Szydło (Poland), Bogdan Rzońca (Poland)
16 more from ECR
Daniel Obajtek (Poland), Dominik Tarczyński (Poland), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece), Galato Alexandraki (Greece), Geadis Geadi (Cyprus), Jacek Ozdoba (Poland), Jadwiga Wiśniewska (Poland), Joachim Stanisław Brudziński (Poland), Kosma Złotowski (Poland), Maciej Wąsik (Poland), Mariusz Kamiński (Poland), Michał Dworczyk (Poland), Patryk Jaki (Poland), Piotr Müller (Poland), Tobiasz Bocheński (Poland), Waldemar Buda (Poland)
Patriots voted against (56 of 70). For: 14
Anders Vistisen (Denmark), Antonín Staněk (Czechia), Elisabeth Dieringer (Austria), Georg Mayer (Austria), Gerald Hauser (Austria)
9 more from Patriots
Harald Vilimsky (Austria), Jana Nagyová (Czechia), Jaroslav Bžoch (Czechia), Jaroslav Knot (Czechia), Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (Czechia), Ondřej Knotek (Czechia), Petra Steger (Austria), Roman Haider (Austria), Tomáš Kubín (Czechia)
ESN voted for (21 of 22). Against: 1
Marcin Sypniewski (Poland)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 24 parts of the text voted on separately (24 lapsed).