Decision

EU-Lebanon Agreement on cooperation between Eurojust and the authorities of Lebanon competent for judicial cooperation in criminal matters

Effect: Consent given
Result: 581 for · 12 against · 45 abstained roll call
Date: 20 May 2026, 13:20
Kind: International agreement · Consent procedure

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2026-0132
Dossier: 2024/0155(NLE)
Source: Committee report by Jaroslav Bžoch
Topics: Foreign affairs Justice, rule of law & rights Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 20 May 2026
Final vote: 192445

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2026-0132
Dossier: 2024/0155(NLE)
Source: Committee report by Jaroslav Bžoch
Topics: Foreign affairs Justice, rule of law & rights Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 20 May 2026
Final vote: 192445

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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 Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; The Left and 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 12	Against 6	Abst. 24	No vote 3 of 45	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.36
Greens	For 47	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 6 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 112	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 24 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 72	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 5 of 77	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 159	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 24 of 183	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ECR	For 75	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 6 of 81	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Patriots	For 78	Against 1	Abst. 0	No vote 6 of 85	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.98
ESN	For 4	Against 2	Abst. 20	No vote 1 of 27	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Abstained	Cohesion 0.65
No group	For 22	Against 3	Abst. 1	No vote 4 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, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 7

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.

Patriots line For · 1 voted against of 79 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Sebastian KRUIS Netherlands
ESN line Abstained · 6 voted for or against of 26 who voted
Voted for or against (6)
- Marcin SYPNIEWSKI Poland
- Petras GRAŽULIS Lithuania
- Sarah KNAFO France
- Stanisław TYSZKA Poland
- Tomasz FROELICH Germany
- Zsuzsanna BORVENDÉG Hungary

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	19	0	0	1	1.00
Belgium	18	0	2	2	0.85
Bulgaria	10	0	2	5	0.75
Cyprus	2	0	0	4	—
Czechia	20	0	1	0	0.93
Germany	74	2	15	5	0.72
Denmark	14	0	1	0	0.90
Estonia	6	0	0	1	—
Spain	47	2	2	9	0.88
Finland	11	0	3	1	0.68
France	53	0	7	21	0.82
Greece	15	3	1	2	0.68
Croatia	11	0	0	1	1.00
Hungary	16	0	0	3	1.00
Ireland	12	0	2	0	0.79
Italy	66	0	3	7	0.93
Lithuania	11	0	0	0	1.00
Luxembourg	6	0	0	0	—
Latvia	9	0	0	0	—
Malta	2	0	0	4	—
Netherlands	29	1	1	0	0.90
Poland	47	3	0	3	0.91
Portugal	18	1	1	1	0.85
Romania	28	0	0	5	1.00
Sweden	18	0	2	1	0.85
Slovenia	8	0	0	1	—
Slovakia	11	0	2	2	0.77

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	20 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.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
1	Final vote on the draft Council decision A10-0132/2026 – Jaroslav Bžoch – Draft Council decision	Roll call	581 for, 12 against, 45 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0132

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The agreement lets Eurojust cooperate and exchange personal data with Lebanese judicial authorities to fight serious cross-border crime such as terrorism, cybercrime, drug and arms trafficking, and migrant smuggling.

Parliament gave its consent to the agreement, meaning the EU can conclude it.

Lebanon will appoint a Liaison Prosecutor to Eurojust, and the agreement includes data protection safeguards.

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Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement between the EU and Lebanon on Eurojust cooperation, which aims to enhance judicial cooperation and exchange operational information to combat serious cross-border crime.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/0155(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Conclusion of an Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Lebanon on the cooperation between the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) and the authorities of the Republic of Lebanon competent for judicial cooperation in criminal matters

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 3 July 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 27 January 2026 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 6 May 2026 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 7 May 2026 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 20 May 2026 (done)
Adopted by the Council · 3 July 2026 (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteur: Jaroslav BŽOCH (Patriots)

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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Sources & citation

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

Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-20/4
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 20 May 2026 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 20 May 2026 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-20
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “EU-Lebanon Agreement on cooperation between Eurojust and the authorities of Lebanon competent for judicial cooperation in criminal matters”. Decision, 20 May 2026. votingId 192445, document A-10-2026-0132, reference 2024/0155(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-20/4 (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-2026-05-20-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{EU-Lebanon Agreement on cooperation between Eurojust and the authorities of Lebanon competent for judicial cooperation in criminal matters}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-05-20},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-20/4}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-20/4},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 192445, document A-10-2026-0132, reference 2024/0155(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)}
}