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Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029)

Effect
Consent given
Result
518 for · 104 against · 61 abstained roll call
Date
2 April 2025, 13:29
Kind
International agreement · Consent procedure
More facts (8)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0028
Dossier
2024/0159(NLE)
Source
Committee report by Eric Sargiacomo
Topics
Agriculture, food & fisheriesForeign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 2 April 2025
Final vote
173687
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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: 518 for, 104 against, 61 abstained (roll call).

Consent given by a large majority.

Parliament gave its consent.

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

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 7Against 37Abst. 0No vote 2 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.76
GreensFor 0Against 2Abst. 48No vote 3 of 53Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.94
S&DFor 129Against 1Abst. 2No vote 4 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.97
RenewFor 72Against 0Abst. 0No vote 3 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 178Against 1Abst. 0No vote 9 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 71Against 5Abst. 2No vote 2 of 80Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.87
PatriotsFor 53Against 27Abst. 0No vote 6 of 86Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.49
ESNFor 1Against 21Abst. 2No vote 2 of 26Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.81
No groupFor 7Against 10Abst. 7No vote 4 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, 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, 23

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
Austria180200.85
Belgium163210.64
Bulgaria123020.70
Cyprus4200—
Czechia172200.71
Germany49181990.35
Denmark101400.50
Estonia7000—
Spain534120.87
Finland93300.40
France3636540.20
Greece146010.55
Croatia110100.88
Hungary181020.92
Ireland113000.68
Italy5710450.70
Lithuania91100.73
Luxembourg5010—
Latvia8010—
Malta5001—
Netherlands220810.60
Poland482030.94
Portugal201000.93
Romania282120.85
Sweden125310.40
Slovenia8010—
Slovakia111210.68

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
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches22 Apr 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Eric SARGIACOMO FranceS&DSpeeches12 Apr 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For

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 A10-0028/2025 – Eric Sargiacomo – Draft Council decision Roll call518 for, 104 against, 61 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0028

AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament gave its consent to the EU's conclusion of a new protocol to the fisheries agreement with Guinea-Bissau for 2024-2029.

The protocol lets EU vessels fish for tuna, cephalopods, shrimps and demersal species in Guinea-Bissau waters.

The EU will contribute €85 million over five years, with €4.5 million per year for sustainable fisheries management and local communities.

Parliament also asks the Commission to keep it fully informed on the protocol's implementation and renewal.

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AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol implementing the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Guinea-Bissau (2024–2029).

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/0159(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 21 May 2025 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 10 October 2024 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 18 March 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 20 March 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 2 April 2025 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council · 21 May 2025 (done)

Lead committee: PECH · Rapporteur: Eric SARGIACOMO (S&D)

Connections

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

Show 11 connections: Running issue: Common Fisheries Policy · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Common Fisheries Policy

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/2025-04-02/3
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029)”. Decision, 2 April 2025. votingId 173687, document A-10-2025-0028, reference 2024/0159(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-04-02/3 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 2 April 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-02-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 2 April 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-02-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-04-02, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-04-02/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-04-02-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029)}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-04-02},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-04-02/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-04-02/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 173687, document A-10-2025-0028, reference 2024/0159(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-02-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-02-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-04-02 (CC BY 4.0)}
}