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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) (Resolution)

Effect
Adopted
Result
605 for · 68 against · 10 abstained roll call
Date
2 April 2025, 13:29–13:30
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0040
Dossier
2024/0159M
Source
Committee report by Eric Sargiacomo
Topics
Agriculture, food & fisheriesForeign affairsTrade & customs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
6 votes · 2 roll calls · 1 amendment
Requested by
Greens (1 roll call)
Sitting
Wednesday 2 April 2025
Final vote
173903
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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: 605 for, 68 against, 10 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 rejected) and 4 parts of the text voted on separately (4 rejected).

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).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 42Against 0Abst. 2No vote 2 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
GreensFor 51Against 0Abst. 0No vote 2 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 130Against 0Abst. 0No vote 6 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 72Against 1Abst. 0No vote 2 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
EPPFor 178Against 1Abst. 0No vote 9 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 70Against 6Abst. 2No vote 2 of 80Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.85
PatriotsFor 46Against 34Abst. 0No vote 6 of 86Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.36
ESNFor 1Against 20Abst. 3No vote 2 of 26Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.75
No groupFor 15Against 6Abst. 3No 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, 16

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
Austria200001.00
Belgium210011.00
Bulgaria123020.70
Cyprus5100—
Czechia201000.93
Germany7414070.76
Denmark140100.90
Estonia7000—
Spain590011.00
Finland140100.90
France5026050.49
Greece144210.55
Croatia120001.00
Hungary162030.83
Ireland120200.79
Italy628060.83
Lithuania100100.86
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia9000—
Malta5001—
Netherlands300011.00
Poland473030.91
Portugal210001.00
Romania292020.90
Sweden173010.78
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia101310.57

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

No plenary speech is linked to this dossier.

All votes on this decision, 6

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
1Vote on text inserted after paragraph 5 Show of hands Rejected
2Separate vote on paragraph 9 Show of hands Rejected
3Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 10 A10-0040/2025 – Eric Sargiacomo – After § 10 – Am 2 Roll call192 for, 446 against, 40 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Separate vote on paragraph 9 Show of hands Rejected
3Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 10 A10-0040/2025 – Eric Sargiacomo – After § 10 – Am 2 Roll call192 for, 446 against, 40 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Vote on text inserted after paragraph 21 Show of hands Rejected
5Vote on text inserted after paragraph 25 Show of hands Rejected
6Final vote — text as a whole A10-0040/2025 – Eric Sargiacomo – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call605 for, 68 against, 10 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by Greens.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0040

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

Parliament adopted a resolution on the EU-Guinea-Bissau fisheries agreement protocol for 2024-2029, which sets fishing opportunities for EU vessels and EU financial support for Guinea-Bissau's fisheries sector.

The resolution is Parliament's official position, accompanying its consent to the protocol, and includes recommendations for the Commission to consider during implementation.

It calls for sustainable development of Guinea-Bissau's fisheries, better monitoring of sectoral support, and full information to Parliament at each stage.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/0159(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

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

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 · Author: Eric SARGIACOMO (S&D)

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Connections

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

Show 6 connections: Running issue: Common Fisheries Policy

Running issue: Common Fisheries Policy

Sources & citation

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European Parliament (2025). “Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029) (Resolution)”. Decision, 2 April 2025. votingId 173903, document A-10-2025-0040, reference 2024/0159M. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-04-02/6 (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-2025-04-02-6,
  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) (Resolution)}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-04-02},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-04-02/6}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-04-02/6},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 173903, document A-10-2025-0040, reference 2024/0159M. 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)}
}