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Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products

Effect
Passed
Result
431 for · 161 against · 70 abstained roll call
Date
16 December 2025, 12:46–13:01
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0254
Dossier
2025/0322(COD)
Source
Committee report by Gabriel Mato
Topics
Agriculture, food & fisheriesForeign affairsTrade & customs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
70 votes · 46 roll calls · 45 amendments
Requested by
The Left (1 roll call) · Greens (1 roll call) · EPP (1 roll call) · ECR (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 roll call) · ESN (1 roll call) · Members (1 roll call)
Sitting
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Final vote
182460
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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: 431 for, 161 against, 70 abstained (roll call).

Passed by a large majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 45 amendments (6 adopted, 39 rejected) and 22 parts of the text voted on separately (4 adopted, 18 rejected). Procedural motion adopted: Referral back to committee.

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ESN; opposed by The Left and Patriots; ECR 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 2Against 40Abst. 0No vote 4 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.93
GreensFor 45Against 0Abst. 4No vote 4 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.88
S&DFor 108Against 6Abst. 12No vote 10 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.79
RenewFor 66Against 0Abst. 0No vote 9 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 171Against 2Abst. 1No vote 14 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.97
ECRFor 15Against 25Abst. 36No vote 3 of 79Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided Cohesion 0.21
PatriotsFor 1Against 68Abst. 9No vote 7 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.81
ESNFor 17Against 3Abst. 3No vote 4 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.61
No groupFor 6Against 17Abst. 5No vote 2 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, 43

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
Austria127100.40
Belgium117130.37
Bulgaria130130.89
Cyprus4200—
Czechia1001010.25
Germany7614240.74
Denmark121110.79
Estonia6010—
Spain437370.72
Finland103020.65
France24371370.25
Greece714000.50
Croatia90300.63
Hungary281100.59
Ireland83030.59
Italy34172410.18
Lithuania82100.59
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia8100—
Malta4002—
Netherlands245020.74
Poland2723030.31
Portugal153030.75
Romania231630.65
Sweden173010.78
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia93210.46

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
Gabriel MATO SpainEPPSpeeches310 Feb 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches216 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Nicolas BAY FranceECRSpeeches116 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Gilles PENNELLE FrancePatriotsSpeeches116 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Svenja HAHN GermanyRenewSpeeches116 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Saskia BRICMONT BelgiumGreensSpeeches116 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
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Debate speakers, continued
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Manon AUBRY FranceThe LeftSpeeches116 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Ivan DAVID CzechiaESNSpeeches116 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Francesco TORSELLI ItalyECRSpeeches116 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Abstained
Francisco ASSIS PortugalS&DSpeeches116 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For

All votes on this decision, 70

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
1Amendments by the committee responsible — put to the vote collectively Amendments by the committee responsible – put to the vote collectively Show of hands Adopted
2Amendment 74, adding text after Article 1 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – After Article 1 – Am 74 Roll call196 for, 436 against, 13 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: EPP
3Amendment 19 to Article 2 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 2 – § 1 – point 3 – after point ii – Am 19 Roll call286 for, 340 against, 30 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Amendment 74, adding text after Article 1 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – After Article 1 – Am 74 Roll call196 for, 436 against, 13 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: EPP
3Amendment 19 to Article 2 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 2 – § 1 – point 3 – after point ii – Am 19 Roll call286 for, 340 against, 30 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Amendment 20 to Article 2 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 2 – § 1 – point 3 – after point iii – Am 20 Roll call220 for, 380 against, 32 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
5Amendments 21 + 82 (voted as one) to Article 2 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 2 – § 1 – point 5 – Am 21= 82= Roll call337 for, 311 against, 7 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP, The Left
6Amendment 22 to Article 2 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 2 – § 1 – point 10 – Am 22D Roll call252 for, 376 against, 30 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
7Amendment 75 to Article 2 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 2 – § 1 – point 10 – point i – Am 75 Roll call203 for, 436 against, 11 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: EPP
8Separate vote on Article 2, paragraph 1, after point 11 Show of hands Rejected
9Separate vote on Article 2, paragraph 1, after point 11 Show of hands Rejected
10Amendment 23 to Article 3 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 3 – § 1 – Am 23 Roll call296 for, 340 against, 25 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
11Amendment 24 to Article 3 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 3 – § 1 – Am 24D Roll call233 for, 408 against, 20 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
12Amendment 70 to Article 3 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 3 – § 1 – Am 70 Roll call200 for, 432 against, 10 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ESN
13Amendments 25 + 55 (voted as one) to Article 3 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 3 – § 1 – Am 25= 55= Roll call318 for, 330 against, 10 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
14Amendment 83 to Article 3 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 3 – § 1 – Am 83 Roll call332 for, 303 against, 24 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP, The Left
15Amendment 26 to Article 3 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 3 – § 2 – after point c – Am 26 Roll call315 for, 338 against, 7 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
16Amendment 76 to Article 3 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 3 – § 2 – after point c – Am 76 Roll call209 for, 420 against, 23 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: EPP, ECR
17Amendment 27 to Article 3 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 3 – after § 2 – Am 27 Roll call296 for, 331 against, 28 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
18Separate vote on Article 3 Article 3 – after § 2 Show of hands Rejected
19Amendment 57 to Article 4 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 4 – § 1 – Am 57 Roll call318 for, 328 against, 12 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens
20Separate vote on Article 4 Article 4 – § 1 Show of hands Adopted
21Amendment 58 to Article 4 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 4 – after § 2 – Am 58 Roll call317 for, 330 against, 8 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens
22Separate vote on Article 4 Article 4 – § 3 Show of hands Rejected
23Separate vote on Article 4 Article 4 – § 3 Show of hands Adopted
24Separate vote on Article 4 Article 4 – after § 3 Show of hands Rejected
25Amendment 42 to Article 4 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 4 – after § 3 – Am 42 Roll call195 for, 432 against, 18 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
26Amendment 28 to Article 5 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 5 – § 1 – Am 28 Roll call245 for, 393 against, 10 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
27Amendment 29 to Article 5 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 5 – § 1 – Am 29 Roll call269 for, 384 against, 5 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
28Amendment 30 to Article 6 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 6 – § 2 – Am 30 Roll call312 for, 344 against, 4 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
29Amendment 60 to Article 6 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 6 – § 3 – Am 60 Roll call264 for, 366 against, 22 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens
30Separate vote on Article 6 Article 6 – § 3 Show of hands Adopted
31Amendment 61 to Article 6 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 6 – § 4 – Am 61 Roll call266 for, 365 against, 27 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens
32Separate vote on Article 6 Article 6 – § 4 Show of hands Adopted
33Amendment 84 to Article 6 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 6 – after § 4 – Am 84 Roll call288 for, 346 against, 26 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: EPP, The Left
34Amendment 62 to Article 7 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 7 – § 5 – Am 62 Roll call294 for, 357 against, 8 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens
35Amendment 33 to Article 7 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 7 – § 5 – Am 33 Roll call289 for, 355 against, 13 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
36Separate vote on Article 7 Article 7 – § 10 Show of hands Rejected
37Amendment 85 to Article 9 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 9 – § 1 – before point a – Am 85 Roll call283 for, 348 against, 26 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: EPP, The Left
38Amendments 34 + 86 (voted as one) to Article 9 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 9 – § 1 – after point b – Am 34= 86= Roll call327 for, 312 against, 19 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP, The Left
39Amendment 35 to Article 9 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 9 – § 1 – point c – Am 35D Roll call248 for, 397 against, 10 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
40Separate vote on Article 9 Article 9 – § 5 Show of hands Rejected
41Amendment 80 to Article 9 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 9 – after § 7 – Am 80 Roll call273 for, 374 against, 9 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members, EPP
42Separate vote on Article 9 Article 9 – § 8 Show of hands Rejected
43Amendment 77, adding text after Article 9 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – After Article 9 – Am 77 Roll call200 for, 434 against, 14 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: EPP, ECR
44Amendment 45, adding text after Article 9 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – After Article 9 – Am 45 Roll call192 for, 442 against, 9 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
45Amendments 36 + 87 (voted as one) to Article 11 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 11 – § 1 – Am 36= 87= Roll call346 for, 304 against, 7 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP, The Left
46Amendments 37 + 46 (voted as one) to Article 11 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 11 – § 3 – Am 37D= 46D= Roll call310 for, 341 against, 7 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots, The Left
47Separate vote on Article 11 Article 11 – § 4 Show of hands Rejected
48Separate vote on Article 12 Article 12 – § 1 Show of hands Rejected
49Separate vote on Article 12 Article 12 – § 2 Show of hands Rejected
50Amendment 50 to Article 12 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 12 – § 7 – Am 50D Roll call185 for, 452 against, 10 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
51Separate vote on Article 12 Article 12 – § 7 Show of hands Rejected
52Amendment 38, adding text after Article 12 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – After Article 12 – Am 38 Roll call275 for, 373 against, 11 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
53Amendments 64 + 88 (voted as one), adding text after Article 12 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – After Article 12 – Am 64= 88= Roll call374 for, 277 against, 10 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Greens, EPP
54Separate vote on Article 14 Article 14 – § 2 Show of hands Rejected
55Amendment 66 to Article 14 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 14 – § 3 – Am 66 Roll call304 for, 338 against, 16 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens
56Amendment 51 to Article 14 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 14 – after § 3 – Am 51 Roll call195 for, 442 against, 6 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
57Amendment 67 to Article 14 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Article 14 – after § 5 – Am 67 Roll call307 for, 343 against, 9 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens
58Separate vote on Article 15 Article 15 – § 1 Counted183 for, 442 against, 27 abstained Rejected
59Vote on text inserted after Article 15 Counted266 for, 373 against, 15 abstained Rejected
60Amendment 71, adding text after Article 19 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – After Article 19 – Am 71 Roll call192 for, 446 against, 4 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ESN
61Vote on text inserted after recital 1 Show of hands Rejected
62Amendment 52 to recital 2 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Recital 2 – Am 52 Roll call245 for, 392 against, 18 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens
63Amendment 18 to recital 2 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Recital 2 – Am 18 Roll call285 for, 367 against, 7 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
64Amendment 81 to recital 2 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Recital 2 – Am 81 Roll call336 for, 317 against, 7 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Greens, EPP, The Left
65Amendment 69, adding text after recital 2 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – After recital 2 – Am 69 Roll call205 for, 437 against, 6 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ESN
66Amendment 39 to recital 4 A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Recital 4 – Am 39 Roll call190 for, 429 against, 22 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
67Vote on text inserted after recital 7 Show of hands Rejected
68Vote on text inserted after recital 10 Show of hands Rejected
69Final vote A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Commission proposal Roll call431 for, 161 against, 70 abstained Adopted
70Referral back to committee Request for referral back (Rule 60(4)) Show of hands Adopted

Roll calls requested by The Left, Greens, EPP, ECR, Patriots, ESN, Members.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0254

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Parliament adopted its position on a proposed EU law implementing the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products.

The law aims to protect sensitive EU agricultural sectors by allowing swift, proportionate measures when imports from Mercosur countries cause or threaten serious injury to EU producers.

Parliament asks the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially amends its proposal, and to forward its position to the Council, the Commission, and national parliaments.

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Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation implementing the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur agreements for agricultural products tightens monitoring, lowers injury thresholds, shortens deadlines, and adds anti-circumvention rules.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0322(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Implementing the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 19 March 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 24 November 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 8 December 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 9 December 2025 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 27 January 2026 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 10 February 2026 (done)
  6. Published as law · 19 March 2026 (done)

Lead committee: INTA · Rapporteur: Gabriel MATO (EPP)

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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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Running issue: EU-Mercosur agreement

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Sources & citation

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European Parliament (2025). “Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products”. Decision, 16 December 2025. votingId 182460, document A-10-2025-0254, reference 2025/0322(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-16/1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 16 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-16-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 16 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-16-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-16, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-12-16/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-12-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-16/1}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-16/1},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 182460, document A-10-2025-0254, reference 2025/0322(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-16-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-16-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-16 (CC BY 4.0)}
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