Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Agriculture, food & fisheries
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM): fishing in the GFCM Agreement area
Passed by an overwhelming majority
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
- For
- 580
- Against
- 51
- Abstained
- 39
roll-call vote at 13:29 · 87% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Željana Zovko · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · Report A-10-2025-0150
AI:What this decision does
Parliament is considering a proposal to amend an existing European Union regulation on certain provisions for fishing in the area covered by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) Agreement.§1: source passage in the text Parliament adopted its position on this law at first reading, which sets out where MEPs stand before agreement with the Council.§1: source passage in the text Parliament also calls on the Commission to refer the matter to it again if the Commission replaces or substantially amends its proposal, and instructs its President to forward Parliament's position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, ESN; Divided: Patriots
- The Left For 36 for, 0 against, 4 abstainedof 44
- Greens For 51 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 53
- S&D For 127 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 135
- Renew For 75 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 78
- EPP For 175 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 184
- ECR For 70 for, 3 against, 2 abstainedof 84
- Patriots Divided 0 for, 44 against, 30 abstainedof 85
- ESN For 26 for, 1 against, 0 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 20 for, 3 against, 3 abstainedof 28
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
10 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted for (36 of 40). Abstained: 4
Anja Hazekamp (Netherlands), Irene Montero (Spain), Isabel Serra Sánchez (Spain), Marc Botenga (Belgium)
ECR voted for (70 of 75). Against: 3, Abstained: 2
Beatrice Timgren (Sweden, against), Charlie Weimers (Sweden, against), Dick Erixon (Sweden, against), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, abstained), Galato Alexandraki (Greece, abstained)
ESN voted for (26 of 27). Against: 1
Sarah Knafo (France)
Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.
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