Decision

EU-Switzerland Cooperation Agreement: European Satellite Navigation Programmes

Effect: Consent given
Result: 627 for · 4 against · 33 abstained roll call
Date: 10 September 2025, 14:22
Kind: International agreement · Consent procedure

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2025-0146
Dossier: 2012/0231(NLE)
Source: Committee report by Borys Budka
Topics: Digital, AI & data Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 10 September 2025
Final vote: 178386

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2025-0146
Dossier: 2012/0231(NLE)
Source: Committee report by Borys Budka
Topics: Digital, AI & data Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 10 September 2025
Final vote: 178386

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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 33	Against 1	Abst. 3	No vote 9 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.84
Greens	For 48	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 5 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 127	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 9 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 68	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 7 of 75	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 175	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 13 of 188	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ECR	For 73	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 6 of 79	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Patriots	For 54	Against 0	Abst. 27	No vote 4 of 85	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.50
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 3	Abst. 3	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, 31

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.

The Left line For · 1 voted against, 3 abstained of 37 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Irene MONTERO Spain
Abstained (3)
- Marc BOTENGA Belgium
- Martin SCHIRDEWAN Germany
- Özlem DEMIREL Germany
Patriots line For · 27 abstained of 81 who voted
Abstained (27)
- Aleksandar NIKOLIC France
- Alexandre VARAUT France
- André ROUGÉ France
- Angéline FURET France
- Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT France
- Catherine GRISET France
- Christophe BAY France
- Fabrice LEGGERI France
- France JAMET France
- Gilles PENNELLE France
- Jean-Paul GARRAUD France
- Julie RECHAGNEUX France
- Julien LEONARDELLI France
- Julien SANCHEZ France
- Marie DAUCHY France
- Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN France
- Mathilde ANDROUËT France
- Mélanie DISDIER France
- Pascale PIERA France
- Philippe OLIVIER France
- Pierre PIMPIE France
- Pierre-Romain THIONNET France
- Rody TOLASSY France
- Séverine WERBROUCK France
- Thierry MARIANI France
- Valérie DELOGE France
- Virginie JORON France

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	18	0	1	3	0.92
Bulgaria	15	0	0	2	1.00
Cyprus	6	0	0	0	—
Czechia	21	0	0	0	1.00
Germany	88	1	2	5	0.95
Denmark	14	0	0	1	1.00
Estonia	6	0	0	1	—
Spain	55	1	1	3	0.95
Finland	12	0	0	3	1.00
France	50	0	27	4	0.47
Greece	18	2	0	1	0.85
Croatia	12	0	0	0	1.00
Hungary	20	0	0	1	1.00
Ireland	12	0	0	2	1.00
Italy	65	0	0	11	1.00
Lithuania	10	0	0	1	1.00
Luxembourg	6	0	0	0	—
Latvia	9	0	0	0	—
Malta	5	0	0	1	—
Netherlands	27	0	0	4	1.00
Poland	46	0	1	6	0.97
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 A10-0146/2025 - Borys Budka - Projet de décision du Conseil	Roll call	627 for, 4 against, 33 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0146

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The European Parliament voted on a draft Council decision to conclude a cooperation agreement between the EU and Switzerland on European satellite navigation programmes.

Parliament gave its consent to the agreement, meaning the EU can now conclude it with Switzerland.

Parliament instructed its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission, and the governments and parliaments of the member states and Switzerland.

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Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Switzerland on the European Satellite Navigation Programmes.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2012/0231(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

EU-Switzerland Cooperation Agreement on the European Satellite Navigation Programmes

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 17 October 2025 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 16 June 2025 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 16 July 2025 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 17 July 2025 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 10 September 2025 (done)
Adopted by the Council · 17 October 2025 (done)

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

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

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

Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-10/9
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). “EU-Switzerland Cooperation Agreement: European Satellite Navigation Programmes”. Decision, 10 September 2025. votingId 178386, document A-10-2025-0146, reference 2012/0231(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-10/9 (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-2025-09-10-9,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{EU-Switzerland Cooperation Agreement: European Satellite Navigation Programmes}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-09-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-10/9}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-09-10/9},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 178386, document A-10-2025-0146, reference 2012/0231(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)}
}