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EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Tonga

Effect
Consent given
Result
545 for · 81 against · 26 abstained roll call
Date
18 December 2024, 12:20
Kind
International agreement · Consent procedure
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2024-0023
Dossier
2024/0048(NLE)
Source
Committee report by Dariusz Joński
Topics
Foreign affairsTrade & customs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 18 December 2024
Final vote
171158
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Votes on this decision
Members on the final vote

Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 545 for, 81 against, 26 abstained (roll call).

Consent given by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament gave its consent.

Backed by S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN; opposed by The Left and Greens.

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Majority line: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. Cohesion: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 4Against 38Abst. 0No vote 4 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.86
GreensFor 17Against 32Abst. 0No vote 4 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.48
S&DFor 113Against 1Abst. 11No vote 11 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.86
RenewFor 74Against 0Abst. 0No vote 3 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 169Against 0Abst. 0No vote 19 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 67Against 0Abst. 2No vote 11 of 80Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
PatriotsFor 71Against 0Abst. 5No vote 10 of 86Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.90
ESNFor 21Against 0Abst. 1No vote 3 of 25Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
No groupFor 9Against 10Abst. 7No vote 2 of 28Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Fernand KARTHEISER changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Malika SOREL changed group, Milan MAZUREK changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 24

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)
Members' votes by country. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Cohesion: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria182000.85
Belgium144040.67
Bulgaria140031.00
Cyprus4110—
Czechia172110.78
Germany6520380.61
Denmark131010.89
Estonia6001—
Spain417480.68
Finland94020.54
France53131230.52
Greece143130.67
Croatia101010.86
Hungary140071.00
Ireland113000.68
Italy589090.80
Lithuania100011.00
Luxembourg5100—
Latvia6102—
Malta5001—
Netherlands273010.85
Poland471050.97
Portugal182010.85
Romania271230.85
Sweden191010.93
Slovenia8100—
Slovakia120210.79

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

Members who spoke in the plenary debate on the dossier. Speeches: how many times they took the floor. Final vote: their recorded position on this decision's final roll call.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Javi LÓPEZ SpainS&DSpeeches118 Dec 2024 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

All votes on this decision, 1

In voting order. Result: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Final vote on the draft Council decision A10-0023/2024 – Dariusz Joński – Draft Council decision Roll call545 for, 81 against, 26 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2024-0023

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The European Parliament voted on the accession of Tonga to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the EU and Pacific States.

Parliament gave its consent, meaning Tonga can join the agreement, which facilitates its economic growth through regional and global trade integration.

The decision will be forwarded to the Council, the Commission, and the governments and parliaments of member states and Tonga.

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Parliament gives its consent to the accession of the Kingdom of Tonga to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Pacific States.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/0048(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Accession of Tonga to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, and the Pacific States

Parliament gave its consent on 18 December 2024. The Council can now conclude the act.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 16 September 2024 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 3 December 2024 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 5 December 2024 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 18 December 2024 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council (to come)

Lead committee: INTA · Rapporteur: Dariusz JOŃSKI (EPP)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

Show 12 connections: Running issue: EU-Pacific States partnership agreement · Other decisions of the part-session on INTA dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: EU-Pacific States partnership agreement

Other decisions of the part-session on INTA dossiers

See all: Other decisions of the part-session on INTA dossiers

Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-12-18/1
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Tonga”. Decision, 18 December 2024. votingId 171158, document A-10-2024-0023, reference 2024/0048(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-12-18/1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 18 December 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-12-18-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 18 December 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-12-18-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-12-18, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-12-18/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2024-12-18-1,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Tonga}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-12-18},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-12-18/1}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-12-18/1},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 171158, document A-10-2024-0023, reference 2024/0048(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-12-18-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-12-18-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-12-18 (CC BY 4.0)}
}