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Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia

Effect
Adopted
Result
417 for · 131 against · 108 abstained roll call
Date
16 December 2025, 13:13–13:14
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0230
Dossier
2025/2082(INI)
Source
Committee report by Hana Jalloul Muro
Topics
Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
7 votes · 5 roll calls · 4 amendments
Requested by
Members (1 roll call, 1 split vote)
Sitting
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Final vote
182645
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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: 417 for, 131 against, 108 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 4 amendments (4 rejected) and 2 parts of the text voted on separately (2 adopted).

Backed by S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; opposed by The Left and Greens; ESN 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 0Against 39Abst. 0No vote 7 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 0Against 47Abst. 2No vote 4 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
S&DFor 66Against 8Abst. 50No vote 12 of 136Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.30
RenewFor 64Against 1Abst. 1No vote 9 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.95
EPPFor 173Against 3Abst. 2No vote 10 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
ECRFor 56Against 6Abst. 10No vote 7 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.67
PatriotsFor 52Against 12Abst. 14No vote 7 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.50
ESNFor 1Against 3Abst. 19No vote 4 of 27Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.74
No groupFor 5Against 12Abst. 10No vote 3 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
Austria713000.47
Belgium94630.21
Bulgaria120230.79
Cyprus5100—
Czechia181110.85
Germany36223260.10
Denmark38310.36
Estonia7000—
Spain435570.72
Finland76020.31
France46161090.46
Greece107400.21
Croatia111000.88
Hungary151050.91
Ireland73130.45
Italy42131830.36
Lithuania92000.73
Luxembourg5100—
Latvia7110—
Malta4002—
Netherlands1511320.28
Poland401660.78
Portugal151230.75
Romania251340.79
Sweden66810.10
Slovenia8100—
Slovakia55320.08

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 MaltaEPPSpeeches116 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ RomaniaGreensSpeeches215 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) Against
Billy KELLEHER IrelandRenewSpeeches115 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Reinhold LOPATKA AustriaEPPSpeeches115 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Hana JALLOUL MURO SpainS&DSpeeches115 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Marcin SYPNIEWSKI PolandESNSpeeches115 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) Abstained
Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR SpainS&DSpeeches115 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For

All votes on this decision, 7

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
1Amendment 1 to paragraph 6 A10-0230/2025 – Hana Jalloul Muro – § 6 – Am 1D Roll call215 for, 390 against, 56 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
2Paragraph 6 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Reaffirms that the EU remains committed to advancing a safe, mutually beneficial, visa-free travel arrangement with the five remaining GCC countries, so as to ensure equal treatment of them, which could be assessed in the context of the new EU visa strategy; notes the significant economic importance of Saudi Arabian tourists for the EU Member States, particularly in supporting key sectors such as hospitality, retail and cultural industries; underlines that Saudi citizens do not present a source of irregular migration pressure,”Counted452 for, 170 against, 30 abstained AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
3Paragraph 6 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “and therefore invites the Commission and the Member States to consider the introduction of a Schengen visa waiver once the cascade is granted to facilitate tourism, enhance people-to-people exchanges, and further strengthen economic and cultural ties between the EU and Saudi Arabia;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Paragraph 6 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Reaffirms that the EU remains committed to advancing a safe, mutually beneficial, visa-free travel arrangement with the five remaining GCC countries, so as to ensure equal treatment of them, which could be assessed in the context of the new EU visa strategy; notes the significant economic importance of Saudi Arabian tourists for the EU Member States, particularly in supporting key sectors such as hospitality, retail and cultural industries; underlines that Saudi citizens do not present a source of irregular migration pressure,”Counted452 for, 170 against, 30 abstained AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
3Paragraph 6 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “and therefore invites the Commission and the Member States to consider the introduction of a Schengen visa waiver once the cascade is granted to facilitate tourism, enhance people-to-people exchanges, and further strengthen economic and cultural ties between the EU and Saudi Arabia;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 7 A10-0230/2025 – Hana Jalloul Muro – After § 7 – Am 2 Roll call188 for, 431 against, 40 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
5Amendment 3 to paragraph 27 A10-0230/2025 – Hana Jalloul Muro – § 27 – Am 3 Roll call155 for, 474 against, 25 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
6Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 36 A10-0230/2025 – Hana Jalloul Muro – After § 36 – Am 4 Roll call202 for, 412 against, 37 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
7Final vote — text as a whole A10-0230/2025 – Hana Jalloul Muro – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call417 for, 131 against, 108 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by Members · split votes by Members.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0230

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Parliament adopted a resolution on relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia, setting out its position on deepening bilateral cooperation.

The text calls for a Strategic Partnership Agreement to give a legally binding framework to ties, covering areas such as energy, trade, security and human rights.

It also invites the Commission and member states to consider a Schengen visa waiver for Saudi citizens, once conditions are met.

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This resolution on EU-Saudi Arabia relations calls for a strategic partnership, deeper cooperation in energy, trade, security, and human rights, and supports negotiations for a Strategic Partnership Agreement.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2082(INI) · Own-initiative report

Parliament adopted the text on 16 December 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 8 May 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 4 November 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 12 November 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 16 December 2025 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: AFET · Author: Hana JALLOUL MURO (S&D)

Connections

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Sources & citation

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

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-16/13
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Data source
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Retrieved
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Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia”. Decision, 16 December 2025. votingId 182645, document A-10-2025-0230, reference 2025/2082(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-16/13 (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 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-12-16-13,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-12-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-16/13}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-16/13},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 182645, document A-10-2025-0230, reference 2025/2082(INI). 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)}
}