Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Trade & customs
Generalised scheme of tariff preferences
Passed by a large majority
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
- For
- 459
- Against
- 127
- Abstained
- 70
roll-call vote at 14:00 · 70% 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-9-2022-0147
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted its position on a proposed EU regulation that would renew the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) for developing countries from 2024 to 2033.§1: source passage in the text The scheme grants reduced or zero customs duties on imports from low and lower-middle income countries, with special arrangements for vulnerable countries and least developed countries.§5: source passage in the text Parliament's position includes amendments to strengthen monitoring of compliance with international conventions and to enhance the role of civil society.§3: source passage in the text The position will now be forwarded to the Council for negotiation before the law can be finalised.§2: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: S&D, Renew, EPP, Patriots; Against: The Left, ESN; Divided: Greens, ECR
- The Left Against 6 for, 34 against, 2 abstainedof 46
- Greens Divided 21 for, 12 against, 13 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 116 for, 4 against, 2 abstainedof 135
- Renew For 71 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 77
- EPP For 135 for, 24 against, 8 abstainedof 188
- ECR Divided 31 for, 4 against, 41 abstainedof 81
- Patriots For 60 for, 17 against, 0 abstainedof 86
- ESN Against 1 for, 26 against, 0 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 18 for, 6 against, 4 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
64 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (34 of 42). For: 6, Abstained: 2
Carolina Morace (Italy, for), Dario Tamburrano (Italy, for), Gaetano Pedulla' (Italy, for), Mario Furore (Italy, for), Nikolas Farantouris (Greece, abstained)
3 more from The Left
Nikos Pappas (Greece, abstained), Pasquale Tridico (Italy, for), Valentina Palmisano (Italy, for)
S&D voted for (116 of 122). Against: 4, Abstained: 2
Cecilia Strada (Italy, abstained), Giuseppe Lupo (Italy, against), Marco Tarquinio (Italy, abstained), Nikos Papandreou (Greece, against), Sakis Arnaoutoglou (Greece, against)
1 more from S&D
Yannis Maniatis (Greece, against)
EPP voted for (135 of 167). Against: 24, Abstained: 8
Adrián Vázquez Lázara (Spain, against), Andreas Schwab (Germany, against), Antonio López-Istúriz White (Spain, against), Borja Giménez Larraz (Spain, against), Carmen Crespo Díaz (Spain, against)
27 more from EPP
Dolors Montserrat (Spain, against), Elena Nevado Del Campo (Spain, against), Esteban González Pons (Spain, against), Fernando Navarrete Rojas (Spain, against), Flavio Tosi (Italy, abstained), Francisco José Millán Mon (Spain, against), Fulvio Martusciello (Italy, abstained), Gabriel Mato (Spain, against), Giusi Princi (Italy, abstained), Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (Poland, against), Herbert Dorfmann (Italy, abstained), Inese Vaidere (Latvia, against), Isabel Benjumea Benjumea (Spain, against), Javier Zarzalejos (Spain, against), Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez (Spain, against), Letizia Moratti (Italy, abstained), Maravillas Abadía Jover (Spain, against), Marco Falcone (Italy, abstained), Massimiliano Salini (Italy, abstained), Nicolás Pascual De La Parte (Spain, against), Pablo Arias Echeverría (Spain, against), Pilar Del Castillo Vera (Spain, against), Raúl De La Hoz Quintano (Spain, against), Rosa Estaràs Ferragut (Spain, against), Salvatore De Meo (Italy, abstained), Susana Solís Pérez (Spain, against), Sven Simon (Germany, against)
Patriots voted for (60 of 77). Against: 17
Anna Maria Cisint (Italy), Elisabeth Dieringer (Austria), Georg Mayer (Austria), Gerald Hauser (Austria), Harald Vilimsky (Austria)
12 more from Patriots
Isabella Tovaglieri (Italy), Jorge Buxadé Villalba (Spain), Jorge Martín Frías (Spain), Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal (Spain), Margarita De La Pisa Carrión (Spain), Mireia Borrás Pabón (Spain), Paolo Borchia (Italy), Petra Steger (Austria), Raffaele Stancanelli (Italy), Roman Haider (Austria), Silvia Sardone (Italy), Susanna Ceccardi (Italy)
ESN voted against (26 of 27). For: 1
Rada Laykova (Bulgaria)
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How it got here
A proposal to reject the whole text was defeated first. Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 6 amendments (1 adopted, 5 rejected) and 24 parts of the text voted on separately (8 adopted, 12 rejected, 4 lapsed). Procedural motion adopted: Proposal to vote on amendments.