Decision

International Cocoa Agreement

Effect: Consent given
Result: 601 for · 13 against · 34 abstained roll call
Date: 29 April 2026, 14:29
Kind: International agreement · Consent procedure

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2026-0074
Dossier: 2025/0283(NLE)
Source: Committee report by Bernd Lange
Topics: Agriculture, food & fisheries Foreign affairs Trade & customs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 29 April 2026
Final vote: 190097

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2026-0074
Dossier: 2025/0283(NLE)
Source: Committee report by Bernd Lange
Topics: Agriculture, food & fisheries Foreign affairs Trade & customs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 29 April 2026
Final vote: 190097

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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 The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; 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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 44	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 2 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	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 121	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 14 of 135	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 66	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 11 of 77	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 165	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 20 of 185	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ECR	For 75	Against 0	Abst. 4	No vote 2 of 81	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.92
Patriots	For 58	Against 10	Abst. 6	No vote 11 of 85	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.68
ESN	For 5	Against 0	Abst. 22	No vote 0 of 27	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Abstained	Cohesion 0.72
No group	For 22	Against 3	Abst. 2	No vote 3 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, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 25

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.

ECR line For · 4 abstained of 79 who voted
Abstained (4)
- Arkadiusz MULARCZYK Poland
- Emmanouil FRAGKOS Greece
- Galato ALEXANDRAKI Greece
- Piotr MÜLLER Poland
Patriots line For · 10 voted against, 6 abstained of 74 who voted
Voted against (10)
- Auke ZIJLSTRA Netherlands
- Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA Spain
- Jorge MARTÍN FRÍAS Spain
- Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL Spain
- Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN Spain
- Marieke EHLERS Netherlands
- Mieke ANDRIESE Netherlands
- Mireia BORRÁS PABÓN Spain
- Rachel BLOM Netherlands
- Sebastian KRUIS Netherlands
Abstained (6)
- Elisabeth DIERINGER Austria
- Georg MAYER Austria
- Gerald HAUSER Austria
- Harald VILIMSKY Austria
- Petra STEGER Austria
- Roman HAIDER Austria
ESN line Abstained · 5 voted for or against of 27 who voted
Voted for or against (5)
- Marcin SYPNIEWSKI Poland
- Markus BUCHHEIT Germany
- Mary KHAN Germany
- Sarah KNAFO France
- Stanisław TYSZKA Poland

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	13	0	6	1	0.53
Belgium	22	0	0	0	1.00
Bulgaria	12	0	3	2	0.70
Cyprus	5	0	0	1	—
Czechia	19	0	1	1	0.93
Germany	75	0	13	8	0.78
Denmark	15	0	0	0	1.00
Estonia	7	0	0	0	—
Spain	46	5	0	9	0.85
Finland	14	0	0	1	1.00
France	75	0	0	6	1.00
Greece	15	2	3	1	0.63
Croatia	9	0	0	3	—
Hungary	14	0	1	6	0.90
Ireland	14	0	0	0	1.00
Italy	65	0	1	10	0.98
Lithuania	10	0	1	0	0.86
Luxembourg	6	0	0	0	—
Latvia	8	0	0	1	—
Malta	1	0	0	5	—
Netherlands	22	5	0	4	0.72
Poland	48	1	2	2	0.91
Portugal	21	0	0	0	1.00
Romania	26	0	1	6	0.94
Sweden	18	0	0	3	1.00
Slovenia	9	0	0	0	—
Slovakia	12	0	2	1	0.79

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
Roberta METSOLA Malta	EPP	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (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 A10-0074/2026 – Bernd Lange – Draft Council decision	Roll call	601 for, 13 against, 34 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0074

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Parliament voted on a Council decision to approve amendments to the International Cocoa Agreement, which aims to strengthen the global cocoa sector and promote its sustainable development.

MEPs gave their consent to the amendments, meaning the Council can adopt the decision and the amended agreement can enter into force.

The amendments include an indefinite duration, alignment with Sustainable Development Goals, and a focus on living income for farmers.

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The European Parliament gives its consent to the amendments to the International Cocoa Agreement, as proposed by the Council.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0283(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Approval of amendments to the International Cocoa Agreement

Parliament gave its consent on 29 April 2026. The Council can now conclude the act.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 12 March 2026 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 19 March 2026 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 20 March 2026 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 29 April 2026 (done)
Adopted by the Council (to come)

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

Connections

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Sources & citation

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

Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/6
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 29 April 2026 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 29 April 2026 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-29
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “International Cocoa Agreement”. Decision, 29 April 2026. votingId 190097, document A-10-2026-0074, reference 2025/0283(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/6 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 29 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 29 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-29, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-04-29/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2026-04-29-6,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{International Cocoa Agreement}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-04-29},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/6}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/6},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 190097, document A-10-2026-0074, reference 2025/0283(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-29 (CC BY 4.0)}
}