Decision

Conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh on certain aspects of air services

Effect: Consent given
Result: 562 for · 17 against · 3 abstained roll call
Date: 11 February 2025, 12:43
Kind: International agreement · Consent procedure

More facts (8)

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2025-0005
Dossier: 2015/0188(NLE)
Source: Committee report
Topics: Transport & tourism Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Tuesday 11 February 2025
Final vote: 171703

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2025-0005
Dossier: 2015/0188(NLE)
Source: Committee report
Topics: Transport & tourism Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Tuesday 11 February 2025
Final vote: 171703

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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.

Consent given by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament gave its consent.

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

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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 33	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 13 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Greens	For 51	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 2 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 110	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 26 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 66	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 9 of 75	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 160	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 28 of 188	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ECR	For 65	Against 2	Abst. 0	No vote 13 of 80	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.96
Patriots	For 59	Against 1	Abst. 2	No vote 24 of 86	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.93
ESN	For 3	Against 12	Abst. 0	No vote 11 of 26	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.70
No group	For 15	Against 2	Abst. 1	No vote 11 of 29	Majority 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, 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, 8

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.

ECR line For · 2 voted against of 67 who voted
Voted against (2)
- Emmanouil FRAGKOS Greece
- Galato ALEXANDRAKI Greece
Patriots line For · 1 voted against, 2 abstained of 62 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Pál SZEKERES Hungary
Abstained (2)
- António TÂNGER CORRÊA Portugal
- Tiago MOREIRA DE SÁ Portugal
ESN line Against · 3 voted for of 15 who voted
Voted for (3)
- Marcin SYPNIEWSKI Poland
- Petras GRAŽULIS Lithuania
- Sarah KNAFO France

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).
Country	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Cohesion
Austria	18	0	0	2	1.00
Belgium	19	0	0	3	1.00
Bulgaria	11	2	0	4	0.77
Cyprus	5	0	0	1	—
Czechia	17	2	0	2	0.84
Germany	71	7	0	18	0.87
Denmark	12	0	0	3	1.00
Estonia	6	0	0	1	—
Spain	45	0	1	14	0.97
Finland	14	0	0	1	1.00
France	60	0	0	21	1.00
Greece	16	3	0	2	0.76
Croatia	9	0	0	3	—
Hungary	10	1	0	10	0.86
Ireland	10	0	0	4	1.00
Italy	55	0	0	21	1.00
Lithuania	11	0	0	0	1.00
Luxembourg	6	0	0	0	—
Latvia	8	0	0	1	—
Malta	5	0	0	1	—
Netherlands	27	0	0	4	1.00
Poland	42	0	0	11	1.00
Portugal	16	0	2	3	0.83
Romania	28	0	0	5	1.00
Sweden	21	0	0	0	1.00
Slovenia	9	0	0	0	—
Slovakia	11	2	0	2	0.77

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.
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Roberta METSOLA Malta	EPP	Speeches1	11 Feb 2025 (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.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
1	Final vote on the draft Council decision A10–0005/2025 – Tomas Tobé – Draft Council decision	Roll call	562 for, 17 against, 3 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0005

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The agreement updates bilateral air services deals between Bangladesh and seven EU member states, removing references to the UK after its withdrawal.

Parliament gave its consent, allowing any EU airline to fly between Bangladesh and the seven member states where traffic rights permit.

The agreement includes standard EU clauses on aviation safety, fuel taxation, and competition rules.

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Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the EU-Bangladesh agreement on certain aspects of air services, which allows any EU airline to fly between Bangladesh and the seven EU member states concerned.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2015/0188(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 27 March 2025 and now EU law.

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Referred to committee · 21 October 2024 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 29 January 2025 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 30 January 2025 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 11 February 2025 (done)
Adopted by the Council · 27 March 2025 (done)

Lead committee: TRAN · Rapporteur: Tomas TOBÉ (EPP)

Connections

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

No connections found for this decision.

Sources & citation

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

Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-02-11/3
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 11 February 2025 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 11 February 2025 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-02-11
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh on certain aspects of air services”. Decision, 11 February 2025. votingId 171703, document A-10-2025-0005, reference 2015/0188(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-02-11/3 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 11 February 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-02-11-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 11 February 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-02-11-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-02-11, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-02-11/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2025-02-11-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh on certain aspects of air services}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-02-11},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-02-11/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-02-11/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 171703, document A-10-2025-0005, reference 2015/0188(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-02-11-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-02-11-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-02-11 (CC BY 4.0)}
}