Skip to content
EU Parl WatchResearch
Projects

Decision

International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives: amendment of Article 36

Effect
Consent given
Result
644 for · 1 against · 2 abstained roll call
Date
20 May 2026, 13:17
Kind
International agreement · Consent procedure
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0101
Dossier
2025/0193(NLE)
Source
Committee report by Bernd Lange
Topics
Agriculture, food & fisheriesTrade & customs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 20 May 2026
Final vote
192444
More
Cite this page Roll-call results (EP) (opens the official site)
Link to this page
Votes on this decision
Members on the final vote

Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 644 for, 1 against, 2 abstained (roll call).

Consent given by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament gave its consent.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN.

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 43Against 0Abst. 0No vote 2 of 45Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 48Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 122Against 0Abst. 0No vote 14 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 70Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 159Against 0Abst. 0No vote 24 of 183Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 76Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 81Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
PatriotsFor 78Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 25Against 0Abst. 0No vote 2 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 23Against 1Abst. 2No vote 4 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, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Pina PICIERNO 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).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria190011.00
Belgium210011.00
Bulgaria110061.00
Cyprus2004—
Czechia210001.00
Germany880081.00
Denmark150001.00
Estonia6001—
Spain510091.00
Finland140011.00
France720091.00
Greece170220.84
Croatia110011.00
Hungary150041.00
Ireland140001.00
Italy690071.00
Lithuania110001.00
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia9000—
Malta2004—
Netherlands310001.00
Poland501020.97
Portugal200011.00
Romania280051.00
Sweden200011.00
Slovenia8001—
Slovakia130021.00

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.

Show all 647 members

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 MaltaEPPSpeeches120 May 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.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Final vote on the draft Council decision A10-0101/2026 – Bernd Lange – Draft Council decision Roll call644 for, 1 against, 2 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0101

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

Parliament gave its consent to the amendment of Article 36 of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015.

The amendment allows the Agreement to be extended for periods of five years.

The Agreement will remain in force until 31 December 2026.

Read the text · Report a problem

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

Parliament gives its consent to the amendment of Article 36 of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015, which allows the Agreement to be extended for periods of five years.

Read the text · Report a problem

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0193(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Union Approval of the amendment to Article 36 of the 2015 International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives

Parliament gave its consent on 20 May 2026. The Council can now conclude the act.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 27 January 2026 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 16 April 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 20 April 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 20 May 2026 (done)
  5. 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.

Show 3 connections: Other decisions of the part-session on INTA dossiers

Other decisions of the part-session on INTA dossiers

See all: Other decisions of the part-session on INTA dossiers

Sources & citation

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

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-20/2
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives: amendment of Article 36”. Decision, 20 May 2026. votingId 192444, document A-10-2026-0101, reference 2025/0193(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-20/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 20 May 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-20-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 20 May 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-20-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-20, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-05-20/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-05-20-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives: amendment of Article 36}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-05-20},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-20/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-20/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 192444, document A-10-2026-0101, reference 2025/0193(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-20-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-20-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-20 (CC BY 4.0)}
}