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EU-Morocco Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of Morocco in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA): amendment and supplement
Consent given by an overwhelming majority
Parliament gave its consent.
- For
- 573
- Against
- 35
- Abstained
- 37
roll-call vote at 13:24 · 89% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Paolo Borchia · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it. · Report A-10-2026-0151
AI:What this decision does
Parliament gave its consent to the EU-Morocco agreement updating Morocco's participation in the PRIMA research partnership, aligning it with Horizon Europe rules until 2031.§1: source passage in the text The agreement continues scientific cooperation on water, farming and food challenges in the Mediterranean, with no extra budget beyond existing PRIMA funding.§2: source passage in the text Parliament asks the Commission to monitor the agreement's implementation, especially agricultural imports, to ensure reciprocity and safeguards for EU producers.§2: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots, ESN; Divided: The Left
- The Left Divided 1 for, 20 against, 19 abstainedof 45
- Greens For 45 for, 1 against, 0 abstainedof 53
- S&D For 108 for, 0 against, 3 abstainedof 135
- Renew For 72 for, 1 against, 1 abstainedof 78
- EPP For 172 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 185
- ECR For 69 for, 4 against, 5 abstainedof 84
- Patriots For 61 for, 5 against, 6 abstainedof 86
- ESN For 26 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 19 for, 4 against, 3 abstainedof 27
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
26 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
Greens voted for (45 of 46). Against: 1
Ana Miranda Paz (Spain)
S&D voted for (108 of 111). Abstained: 3
François Kalfon (France), Pierre Jouvet (France), Sabrina Repp (Germany)
Renew voted for (72 of 74). Against: 1, Abstained: 1
Bernard Guetta (France, against), Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez (Spain, abstained)
ECR voted for (69 of 78). Against: 4, Abstained: 5
Beatrice Timgren (Sweden, against), Charlie Weimers (Sweden, against), Dick Erixon (Sweden, against), Diego Solier (Spain, abstained), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, abstained)
4 more from ECR
Galato Alexandraki (Greece, abstained), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark, abstained), Nora Junco García (Spain, abstained), Sebastian Tynkkynen (Finland, against)
Patriots voted for (61 of 72). Against: 5, Abstained: 6
Elisabeth Dieringer (Austria, abstained), Georg Mayer (Austria, abstained), Gerald Hauser (Austria, abstained), Harald Vilimsky (Austria, abstained), Hermann Tertsch (Spain, against)
6 more from Patriots
Jorge Buxadé Villalba (Spain, against), Jorge Martín Frías (Spain, against), Margarita De La Pisa Carrión (Spain, against), Mireia Borrás Pabón (Spain, against), Petra Steger (Austria, abstained), Roman Haider (Austria, abstained)
Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.
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