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EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030

Effect
Consent given
Result
616 for · 29 against · 36 abstained roll call
Date
8 July 2025, 13:36
Kind
International agreement · Consent procedure
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0099
Dossier
2024/0263(NLE)
Source
Committee report by Emma Fourreau
Topics
Agriculture, food & fisheriesForeign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Tuesday 8 July 2025
Final vote
177691
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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: 616 for, 29 against, 36 abstained (roll call).

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).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 36Against 4Abst. 1No vote 5 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.82
GreensFor 52Against 0Abst. 0No vote 1 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 125Against 0Abst. 0No vote 11 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 73Against 0Abst. 0No vote 2 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 176Against 0Abst. 0No vote 12 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 75Against 0Abst. 2No vote 2 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
PatriotsFor 54Against 0Abst. 27No vote 4 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.50
ESNFor 2Against 21Abst. 3No vote 1 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.71
No groupFor 23Against 4Abst. 3No vote 0 of 30Majority 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, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER 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, 39

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
Belgium201010.93
Bulgaria143000.74
Cyprus6000—
Czechia191010.93
Germany7215450.69
Denmark140011.00
Estonia7000—
Spain550140.97
Finland130021.00
France5002740.47
Greece162210.70
Croatia120001.00
Hungary180120.92
Ireland130011.00
Italy700061.00
Lithuania110001.00
Luxembourg5010—
Latvia8001—
Malta5001—
Netherlands300011.00
Poland474020.88
Portugal190021.00
Romania291030.95
Sweden210001.00
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia132000.80

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
Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ RomaniaGreensSpeeches28 Jul 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Emma FOURREAU FranceThe LeftSpeeches18 Jul 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 A10-0099/2025 – Emma Fourreau – Draft Council decision Roll call616 for, 29 against, 36 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0099

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

Parliament gave its consent to the EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement's Implementing Protocol for 2025-2030, which allows EU vessels to fish in Greenlandic waters for species like cod and Northern prawn.

In return, the EU pays an annual financial contribution of EUR 17 296 857, covering access rights and support for Greenland's fisheries policy.

The protocol also includes provisions on fishing opportunities, bycatch, scientific cooperation, and monitoring, with a term of six years.

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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 Implementing Protocol (2025-2030) to the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Greenland/Denmark, which sets fishing opportunities and EU financial contributions.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/0263(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Implementing Protocol (2025-2030) to the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Government of Greenland and the Government of Denmark

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 6 October 2025 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 10 February 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 20 May 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 28 May 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 8 July 2025 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council · 6 October 2025 (done)

Lead committee: PECH · Rapporteur: Emma FOURREAU (The Left)

Connections

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

Show 7 connections: Running issue: Common Fisheries Policy · Other decisions of the part-session on PECH dossiers

Running issue: Common Fisheries Policy

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Sources & citation

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

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-08/5
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Data source
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Retrieved
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Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030”. Decision, 8 July 2025. votingId 177691, document A-10-2025-0099, reference 2024/0263(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-08/5 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 8 July 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-08-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 8 July 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-08-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-07-08, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-07-08/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-07-08-5,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-07-08},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-08/5}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-08/5},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 177691, document A-10-2025-0099, reference 2024/0263(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-08-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-08-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-07-08 (CC BY 4.0)}
}