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Opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Agreement on Digital Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore

Effect
Rejected
Result
136 for · 432 against · 71 abstained roll call
Date
13 November 2025, 11:53
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0479
Dossier
2025/2967(RSP)
Source
Motion for a resolution
Topics
Foreign affairsTrade & customsDigital, AI & data Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Requested by
The Left (1 roll call)
Sitting
Thursday 13 November 2025
Final vote
180980
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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.

Final vote: 136 for, 432 against, 71 abstained (roll call).

Rejected by a large majority.

Parliament rejected the text.

Backed by The Left and Greens; opposed by S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and ESN; Patriots 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).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 38Against 1Abst. 0No vote 7 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
GreensFor 46Against 1Abst. 0No vote 6 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.97
S&DFor 25Against 97Abst. 1No vote 13 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.68
RenewFor 3Against 61Abst. 0No vote 11 of 75Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.93
EPPFor 4Against 168Abst. 0No vote 16 of 188Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.97
ECRFor 0Against 69Abst. 2No vote 8 of 79Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.96
PatriotsFor 0Against 13Abst. 63No vote 8 of 84Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.74
ESNFor 4Against 18Abst. 1No vote 4 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.67
No groupFor 16Against 4Abst. 4No vote 6 of 30Majority 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, 55

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.

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).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria212510.45
Belgium514300.45
Bulgaria311030.68
Cyprus1212—
Czechia315210.63
Germany26550150.52
Denmark49110.46
Estonia0610—
Spain643650.67
Finland58020.42
France25242750.03
Greece78420.13
Croatia111000.88
Hungary08940.29
Ireland38030.59
Italy11456140.59
Lithuania19010.85
Luxembourg2301—
Latvia1710—
Malta1302—
Netherlands1017030.44
Poland345230.85
Portugal215220.68
Romania224070.88
Sweden515010.63
Slovenia1800—
Slovakia67110.25

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.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches113 Nov 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.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Final vote on the motion for a resolution B10-0479/2025 – Motion for a resolution Roll call136 for, 432 against, 71 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left

Roll call requested by The Left.

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2025-0479

AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source

The resolution sought an opinion from the Court of Justice on whether the proposed EU-Singapore Digital Trade Agreement is compatible with the EU Treaties.

Parliament rejected the text, meaning it will not request that opinion.

The resolution raised concerns about data protection, privacy, and access to source code under the agreement.

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

Parliament seeks an opinion from the Court of Justice on whether the proposed EU-Singapore Digital Trade Agreement is compatible with the Treaties, citing concerns over fundamental rights and regulatory autonomy.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2967(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject

Parliament rejected the text on 13 November 2025; no position was adopted.

Show the 3 steps of the dossier
  1. Tabled for plenary (done)
  2. Plenary vote · Rejected 13 November 2025 (done)
  3. Parliament’s position · No text adopted (done)

Connections

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

Show 5 connections: Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

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

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-13/20
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Data source
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Agreement on Digital Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore”. Decision, 13 November 2025. votingId 180980, document B-10-2025-0479, reference 2025/2967(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-13/20 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 13 November 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-13-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 13 November 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-13-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-13, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-11-13/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-11-13-20,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Agreement on Digital Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-11-13},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-13/20}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-13/20},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 180980, document B-10-2025-0479, reference 2025/2967(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-13-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-13-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-13 (CC BY 4.0)}
}