Decision

EC-Côte d’Ivoire Fisheries Partnership Agreement – Protocol on the implementation of the Agreement for 2025-2029

Effect: Consent given
Result: 520 for · 97 against · 12 abstained roll call
Date: 8 October 2025, 13:53
Kind: International agreement · Consent procedure

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2025-0159
Dossier: 2025/0046(NLE)
Source: Committee report by Ton Diepeveen
Topics: Agriculture, food & fisheries Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 8 October 2025
Final vote: 179281

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2025-0159
Dossier: 2025/0046(NLE)
Source: Committee report by Ton Diepeveen
Topics: Agriculture, food & fisheries Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 8 October 2025
Final vote: 179281

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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 Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; opposed by The Left 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 2	Against 34	Abst. 0	No vote 10 of 46	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.92
Greens	For 44	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 9 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 106	Against 1	Abst. 2	No vote 27 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.96
Renew	For 67	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 8 of 75	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 169	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 19 of 188	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ECR	For 68	Against 4	Abst. 0	No vote 7 of 79	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.92
Patriots	For 51	Against 27	Abst. 0	No vote 7 of 85	Majority line For	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.48
ESN	For 0	Against 22	Abst. 2	No vote 3 of 27	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.88
No group	For 13	Against 9	Abst. 8	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, 11

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 Against · 2 voted for of 36 who voted
Voted for (2)
- Luke Ming FLANAGAN Ireland
- Pernando BARRENA ARZA Spain
S&D line For · 1 voted against, 2 abstained of 109 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Nora MEBAREK France
Abstained (2)
- Chloé RIDEL France
- Pierre JOUVET France
ECR line For · 4 voted against of 72 who voted
Voted against (4)
- Beatrice TIMGREN Sweden
- Charlie WEIMERS Sweden
- Dick ERIXON Sweden
- Emmanouil FRAGKOS Greece
ESN line Against · 2 abstained of 24 who voted
Abstained (2)
- Petras GRAŽULIS Lithuania
- Zsuzsanna BORVENDÉG Hungary

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	19	0	0	1	1.00
Belgium	15	1	0	6	0.91
Bulgaria	14	3	0	0	0.74
Cyprus	4	2	0	0	—
Czechia	17	3	0	1	0.78
Germany	65	17	6	8	0.61
Denmark	12	1	0	2	0.88
Estonia	7	0	0	0	—
Spain	52	2	0	6	0.94
Finland	11	3	0	1	0.68
France	23	34	2	22	0.36
Greece	11	8	0	2	0.37
Croatia	12	0	0	0	1.00
Hungary	18	0	1	2	0.92
Ireland	10	2	0	2	0.75
Italy	59	9	0	8	0.80
Lithuania	10	0	1	0	0.86
Luxembourg	6	0	0	0	—
Latvia	8	0	0	1	—
Malta	4	0	0	2	—
Netherlands	26	0	0	5	1.00
Poland	44	3	0	6	0.90
Portugal	13	1	0	7	0.89
Romania	23	0	2	8	0.88
Sweden	16	5	0	0	0.64
Slovenia	9	0	0	0	—
Slovakia	12	3	0	0	0.70

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
Christel SCHALDEMOSE Denmark	S&D	Speeches1	8 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	No vote recorded

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 A10-0159/2025 – Ton Diepeveen – Draft Council decision	Roll call	520 for, 97 against, 12 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0159

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The European Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol (2025–2029) implementing the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Côte d’Ivoire.

The Protocol sets an annual EU contribution of €740,000, with €305,000 for access rights and €435,000 for sectoral support, and authorizes 25 tuna purse seiners and 7 surface longliners to fish in Côte d’Ivoire’s waters.

It aims to ensure sustainable tuna fishing in line with ICCAT rules and to support local fisheries development, including measures against illegal fishing.

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Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol (2025–2029) implementing the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Côte d’Ivoire, which sets fishing opportunities and EU financial contributions.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0046(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Protocol (2025–2029) on the implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and the European Community

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 3 November 2025 and now EU law.

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Referred to committee · 7 July 2025 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 4 September 2025 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 9 September 2025 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 8 October 2025 (done)
Adopted by the Council · 3 November 2025 (done)

Lead committee: PECH · Rapporteur: Ton DIEPEVEEN (Patriots)

Connections

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

Show 11 connections: Running issue: Common Fisheries Policy · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Common Fisheries Policy

Issue Common Fisheries Policy Running issue · EU initiative 17 Sept 2026
Decision Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up Resolution · motion for a resolution 17 Sept 2026 Adopted
Decision The role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security Resolution · report by Paulo do Nascimento Cabral 17 Sept 2026 Adopted
Decision General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM): fishing in the GFCM Agreement area New EU law · report by Željana Zovko 15 Sept 2026 Passed
Decision Implementation into Union law of measures adopted by regional fisheries management organisations New EU law · report by Thomas Bajada 15 Sept 2026 Passed
Decision Catches of porpoise in the Baltic Sea Objection to a Commission measure · motion for a resolution 17 Jun 2026 Objection failed

Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Decision Conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Protocol (2024-2029) implementing the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cabo Verde International agreement · committee report 11 Feb 2025 Consent given
Decision Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029) International agreement · report by Eric Sargiacomo 2 Apr 2025 Consent given
Decision Implementation and streamlining of EU internal market rules to strengthen the single market Resolution · report by Anna-Maja Henriksson 11 Sept 2025 Adopted
Decision Old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal market Resolution · motion for a resolution 8 May 2025 Adopted
Decision Safeguarding and promoting financial stability amid economic uncertainties Resolution · report by Johan Van Overtveldt 20 Jan 2026 Adopted

Sources & citation

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

Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-08/4
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 8 October 2025 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 8 October 2025 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-08
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “EC-Côte d’Ivoire Fisheries Partnership Agreement – Protocol on the implementation of the Agreement for 2025-2029”. Decision, 8 October 2025. votingId 179281, document A-10-2025-0159, reference 2025/0046(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-08/4 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 8 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-08-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 8 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-08-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-08, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-10-08/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2025-10-08-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{EC-Côte d’Ivoire Fisheries Partnership Agreement – Protocol on the implementation of the Agreement for 2025-2029}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-10-08},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-08/4}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-08/4},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 179281, document A-10-2025-0159, reference 2025/0046(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-08-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-08-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-08 (CC BY 4.0)}
}