Decision

EC-India Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: renewal of the Agreement

Effect: Consent given
Result: 624 for · 9 against · 32 abstained roll call
Date: 10 September 2025, 14:21
Kind: International agreement · Consent procedure

More facts (8)

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2025-0145
Dossier: 2025/0066(NLE)
Source: Committee report by Borys Budka
Topics: Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 10 September 2025
Final vote: 178385

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2025-0145
Dossier: 2025/0066(NLE)
Source: Committee report by Borys Budka
Topics: Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 10 September 2025
Final vote: 178385

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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; ESN 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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 37	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 9 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Greens	For 47	Against 1	Abst. 0	No vote 5 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.97
S&D	For 129	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 7 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 67	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 8 of 75	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 176	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 12 of 188	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ECR	For 71	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 8 of 79	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Patriots	For 70	Against 6	Abst. 5	No vote 4 of 85	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.80
ESN	For 3	Against 0	Abst. 23	No vote 1 of 27	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Abstained	Cohesion 0.83
No group	For 24	Against 2	Abst. 4	No vote 0 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, 15

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 voted against of 48 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Rasmus ANDRESEN Germany
Patriots line For · 6 voted against, 5 abstained of 81 who voted
Voted against (6)
- Elisabeth DIERINGER Austria
- Georg MAYER Austria
- Gerald HAUSER Austria
- Harald VILIMSKY Austria
- Petra STEGER Austria
- Roman HAIDER Austria
Abstained (5)
- Anna BRYŁKA Poland
- Barbara BONTE Belgium
- Gerolf ANNEMANS Belgium
- Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE Belgium
- Tomasz BUCZEK Poland
ESN line Abstained · 3 voted for or against of 26 who voted
Voted for or against (3)
- Milan MAZUREK Slovakia
- Milan UHRÍK Slovakia
- Volker SCHNURRBUSCH Germany

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	14	6	0	0	0.55
Belgium	16	0	3	3	0.76
Bulgaria	12	0	3	2	0.70
Cyprus	6	0	0	0	—
Czechia	20	0	1	0	0.93
Germany	78	1	14	3	0.76
Denmark	14	0	0	1	1.00
Estonia	6	0	0	1	—
Spain	56	0	1	3	0.97
Finland	12	0	0	3	1.00
France	75	0	1	5	0.98
Greece	17	2	1	1	0.78
Croatia	12	0	0	0	1.00
Hungary	19	0	1	1	0.93
Ireland	12	0	0	2	1.00
Italy	67	0	0	9	1.00
Lithuania	9	0	1	1	0.85
Luxembourg	6	0	0	0	—
Latvia	9	0	0	0	—
Malta	5	0	0	1	—
Netherlands	26	0	0	5	1.00
Poland	41	0	5	7	0.84
Portugal	17	0	0	4	1.00
Romania	32	0	1	0	0.95
Sweden	21	0	0	0	1.00
Slovenia	9	0	0	0	—
Slovakia	13	0	0	2	1.00

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
Sabine VERHEYEN Germany	EPP	Speeches1	10 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 A10-0145/2025 - Borys Budka - Projet de décision du Conseil	Roll call	624 for, 9 against, 32 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0145

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The European Parliament voted on the renewal of the EU-India Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation.

Parliament gave its consent to the renewal, which extends the existing framework for another five years without creating new rights or obligations.

The agreement enables continued collaboration in areas like clean energy, health, AI, and sustainable development.

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

Parliament gives its consent to the renewal of the EU-India science and technology cooperation agreement for a new five-year period.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0066(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Renewal of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India

Parliament gave its consent on 10 September 2025. The Council can now conclude the act.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 19 June 2025 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 16 July 2025 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 16 July 2025 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 10 September 2025 (done)
Adopted by the Council (to come)

Lead committee: ITRE · Rapporteur: Borys BUDKA (EPP)

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Sources & citation

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-10/8
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 10 September 2025 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 10 September 2025 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-09-10
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “EC-India Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: renewal of the Agreement”. Decision, 10 September 2025. votingId 178385, document A-10-2025-0145, reference 2025/0066(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-10/8 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 10 September 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-09-10-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 10 September 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-09-10-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-09-10, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-09-10/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2025-09-10-8,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{EC-India Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: renewal of the Agreement}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-09-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-10/8}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-10/8},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 178385, document A-10-2025-0145, reference 2025/0066(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-09-10-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-09-10-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-09-10 (CC BY 4.0)}
}