Decision

Withdrawal of the European Union from the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG)

Effect: Consent given
Result: 594 for · 38 against · 2 abstained roll call
Date: 8 October 2025, 13:54
Kind: International agreement · Consent procedure

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2025-0186
Dossier: 2017/0159(NLE)
Source: Committee report by Bernd Lange
Topics: Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 8 October 2025
Final vote: 179481

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2025-0186
Dossier: 2017/0159(NLE)
Source: Committee report by Bernd Lange
Topics: Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 8 October 2025
Final vote: 179481

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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, Patriots and ESN; opposed by The Left.

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 0	Against 35	Abst. 0	No vote 11 of 46	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
Greens	For 45	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 8 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 116	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 20 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 169	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 19 of 188	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ECR	For 72	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 7 of 79	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Patriots	For 76	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 9 of 85	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ESN	For 24	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 3 of 27	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
No group	For 24	Against 3	Abst. 2	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, 0

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.

Nobody voted against a clear line of their group.

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	18	0	0	2	1.00
Belgium	17	1	0	4	0.92
Bulgaria	17	0	0	0	1.00
Cyprus	5	1	0	0	—
Czechia	17	2	0	2	0.84
Germany	83	3	0	10	0.95
Denmark	12	1	0	2	0.88
Estonia	7	0	0	0	—
Spain	51	2	0	7	0.94
Finland	11	3	0	1	0.68
France	63	6	0	12	0.87
Greece	12	5	2	2	0.45
Croatia	12	0	0	0	1.00
Hungary	19	0	0	2	1.00
Ireland	9	3	0	2	0.63
Italy	59	8	0	9	0.82
Lithuania	11	0	0	0	1.00
Luxembourg	6	0	0	0	—
Latvia	8	0	0	1	—
Malta	4	0	0	2	—
Netherlands	25	0	0	6	1.00
Poland	47	0	0	6	1.00
Portugal	13	1	0	7	0.89
Romania	25	0	0	8	1.00
Sweden	19	2	0	0	0.86
Slovenia	9	0	0	0	—
Slovakia	15	0	0	0	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
Bernd LANGE Germany	S&D	Speeches1	8 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For
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 A10-0186/2025 – Bernd Lange – Draft Council decision	Roll call	594 for, 38 against, 2 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0186

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The European Parliament voted on the draft Council decision to withdraw the European Union from the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG).

Parliament gave its consent to the withdrawal, meaning the EU can proceed with leaving the IRSG.

Parliament instructed its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission, member states' governments and parliaments, and the IRSG Secretariat.

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Parliament gives its consent to the withdrawal of the European Union from the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG).

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2017/0159(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Parliament gave its consent on 8 October 2025. The Council can now conclude the act.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 6 October 2025 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 24 September 2025 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 3 October 2025 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 8 October 2025 (done)
Adopted by the Council (to come)

Lead committee: INTA · Rapporteur: Bernd LANGE (S&D)

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/2025-10-08/5
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). “Withdrawal of the European Union from the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG)”. Decision, 8 October 2025. votingId 179481, document A-10-2025-0186, reference 2017/0159(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-08/5 (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-2025-10-08-5,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Withdrawal of the European Union from the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG)}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-10-08},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-08/5}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-08/5},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 179481, document A-10-2025-0186, reference 2017/0159(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)}
}