Decision

EU-Brazil Agreement: cooperation with and through Europol and the Federal Police of Brazil

Effect: Consent given
Result: 606 for · 5 against · 19 abstained roll call
Date: 9 September 2025, 13:51
Kind: International agreement · Consent procedure

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2025-0142
Dossier: 2024/0321(NLE)
Source: Committee report by Nikola Bartůšek
Topics: Digital, AI & data Foreign affairs Justice, rule of law & rights Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Tuesday 9 September 2025
Final vote: 178336

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2025-0142
Dossier: 2024/0321(NLE)
Source: Committee report by Nikola Bartůšek
Topics: Digital, AI & data Foreign affairs Justice, rule of law & rights Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Tuesday 9 September 2025
Final vote: 178336

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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, Patriots and 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 22	Against 3	Abst. 10	No vote 11 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.44
Greens	For 43	Against 0	Abst. 1	No vote 9 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.97
S&D	For 110	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 26 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 60	Against 0	Abst. 5	No vote 10 of 75	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.88
EPP	For 174	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 14 of 188	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ECR	For 67	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 12 of 79	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Patriots	For 81	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 4 of 85	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ESN	For 25	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 2 of 27	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
No group	For 24	Against 2	Abst. 3	No vote 1 of 30	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, 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, 6

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.

Greens line For · 1 abstained of 44 who voted
Abstained (1)
- David CORMAND France
Renew line For · 5 abstained of 65 who voted
Abstained (5)
- Ľubica KARVAŠOVÁ Slovakia
- Lucia YAR Slovakia
- Martin HOJSÍK Slovakia
- Michal WIEZIK Slovakia
- Veronika CIFROVÁ OSTRIHOŇOVÁ Slovakia

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	20	0	0	0	1.00
Belgium	17	0	1	4	0.92
Bulgaria	16	0	0	1	1.00
Cyprus	5	0	1	0	—
Czechia	20	0	0	1	1.00
Germany	84	4	1	7	0.92
Denmark	14	0	0	1	1.00
Estonia	6	0	0	1	—
Spain	52	0	1	7	0.97
Finland	13	0	0	2	1.00
France	54	0	6	21	0.85
Greece	17	1	1	2	0.84
Croatia	12	0	0	0	1.00
Hungary	20	0	0	1	1.00
Ireland	9	0	0	5	—
Italy	60	0	1	15	0.98
Lithuania	9	0	0	2	—
Luxembourg	5	0	0	1	—
Latvia	9	0	0	0	—
Malta	5	0	0	1	—
Netherlands	27	0	0	4	1.00
Poland	48	0	1	4	0.97
Portugal	15	0	1	5	0.91
Romania	32	0	0	1	1.00
Sweden	20	0	0	1	1.00
Slovenia	9	0	0	0	—
Slovakia	8	0	5	2	0.42

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	9 Sept 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	No vote recorded
Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group Czechia	ECR	Speeches1	9 Sept 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.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
1	Final vote on the draft Council decision A10-0142/2025 - Nikola Bartůšek - Projet de décision du Conseil	Roll call	606 for, 5 against, 19 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0142

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The agreement sets up cooperation between Europol and Brazil's Federal Police, allowing the transfer of personal and non-personal data to fight serious crime and terrorism.

Parliament gave its consent, meaning the EU can conclude the agreement with Brazil.

The agreement includes safeguards for human rights, privacy, and data protection, as confirmed by the European Data Protection Supervisor.

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Parliament gives its consent to the EU-Brazil agreement on cooperation with Europol and the Federal Police of Brazil, allowing personal and non-personal data transfers to fight crime and terrorism.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/0321(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil on cooperation with and through the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and the Federal Police of Brazil

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 29 October 2025 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 31 March 2025 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 15 July 2025 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 16 July 2025 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 9 September 2025 (done)
Adopted by the Council · 29 October 2025 (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteur: Nikola BARTŮŠEK (Patriots)

Connections

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

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Sources & citation

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-09/4
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 9 September 2025 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 9 September 2025 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-09-09
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “EU-Brazil Agreement: cooperation with and through Europol and the Federal Police of Brazil”. Decision, 9 September 2025. votingId 178336, document A-10-2025-0142, reference 2024/0321(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-09/4 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 9 September 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-09-09-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 9 September 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-09-09-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-09-09, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-09-09/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2025-09-09-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{EU-Brazil Agreement: cooperation with and through Europol and the Federal Police of Brazil}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-09-09},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-09/4}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-09/4},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 178336, document A-10-2025-0142, reference 2024/0321(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-09-09-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-09-09-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-09-09 (CC BY 4.0)}
}