Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Foreign affairs
Non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goods
Passed by a large majority
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
- For
- 437
- Against
- 144
- Abstained
- 60
roll-call vote at 11:26 · 68% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Bernd Lange · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · Report A-10-2026-0070
AI:What this decision does
The proposal extends indefinitely the suspension of customs duties on US lobster imports and expands it to processed lobster, as agreed in a joint statement.§1: source passage in the text§4: source passage in the text Parliament adopted its position, supporting the proposal with amendments, including a sunset clause and a change to delegated acts.§1: source passage in the text§2: source passage in the text Parliament calls on the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially amends its proposal, and to forward the position to the Council and national parliaments.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR; Against: The Left; Abstained: ESN; Divided: Greens, Patriots
- The Left Against 0 for, 37 against, 0 abstainedof 46
- Greens Divided 19 for, 24 against, 5 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 96 for, 10 against, 3 abstainedof 135
- Renew For 59 for, 3 against, 5 abstainedof 77
- EPP For 169 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 188
- ECR For 69 for, 1 against, 5 abstainedof 81
- Patriots Divided 15 for, 51 against, 17 abstainedof 87
- ESN Abstained 2 for, 2 against, 23 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 8 for, 16 against, 2 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
31 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
S&D voted for (96 of 109). Against: 10, Abstained: 3
Chloé Ridel (France, against), Christophe Clergeau (France, against), Claire Fita (France, against), Elio Di Rupo (Belgium, against), Eric Sargiacomo (France, against)
8 more from S&D
Estelle Ceulemans (Belgium, against), François Kalfon (France, against), Kristian Vigenin (Bulgaria, abstained), Lara Wolters (Netherlands, abstained), Marit Maij (Netherlands, abstained), Murielle Laurent (France, against), Nora Mebarek (France, against), Thomas Pellerin-Carlin (France, against)
Renew voted for (59 of 67). Against: 3, Abstained: 5
Gilles Boyer (France, abstained), Grégory Allione (France, abstained), Laurence Farreng (France, against), Michael Mcnamara (Ireland, against), Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez (Spain, abstained)
3 more from Renew
Sandro Gozi (France, abstained), Valérie Devaux (France, abstained), Yvan Verougstraete (Belgium, against)
ECR voted for (69 of 75). Against: 1, Abstained: 5
Cristian Terheş (Romania, against), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, abstained), Guillaume Peltier (France, abstained), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark, abstained), Laurence Trochu (France, abstained)
1 more from ECR
Marion Maréchal (France, abstained)
ESN abstained (23 of 27). For: 2, Against: 2
Ivan David (Czechia, against), Petar Volgin (Bulgaria, against), Stanislav Stoyanov (Bulgaria, for), Volker Schnurrbusch (Germany, for)
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How it got here
A proposal to reject the whole text was defeated first. Procedural motion adopted: Referral back to committee.