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EU-Cook Islands Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (2025-2032): Implementing Protocol

Effect
Consent given
Result
476 for · 101 against · 74 abstained roll call
Date
20 May 2026, 13:20
Kind
International agreement · Consent procedure
More facts (8)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0092
Dossier
2025/0287(NLE)
Source
Committee report by Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez
Topics
Agriculture, food & fisheriesForeign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 20 May 2026
Final vote
192448
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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: 476 for, 101 against, 74 abstained (roll call).

Consent given by a large majority.

Parliament gave its consent.

Backed by S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and ESN; opposed by The Left and Patriots; Greens 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 3Against 39Abst. 1No vote 2 of 45Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.86
GreensFor 2Against 0Abst. 47No vote 4 of 53Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.94
S&DFor 121Against 0Abst. 1No vote 14 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
RenewFor 72Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 158Against 0Abst. 1No vote 24 of 183Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 70Against 4Abst. 2No vote 5 of 81Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.88
PatriotsFor 14Against 52Abst. 12No vote 7 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.50
ESNFor 23Against 0Abst. 3No vote 1 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.83
No groupFor 13Against 6Abst. 7No 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, 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
Austria116210.37
Belgium144310.50
Bulgaria120051.00
Cyprus2004—
Czechia191100.86
Germany6442350.55
Denmark92400.40
Estonia6001—
Spain473190.88
Finland93210.46
France3235590.23
Greece125220.45
Croatia100110.86
Hungary601030.44
Ireland113000.68
Italy5016370.59
Lithuania100100.86
Luxembourg4020—
Latvia7110—
Malta2004—
Netherlands186610.40
Poland474020.88
Portugal173010.78
Romania270150.95
Sweden125310.40
Slovenia7011—
Slovakia110220.77

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.
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 A10-0092/2026 – Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez – Draft Council decision Roll call476 for, 101 against, 74 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0092

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

The European Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of a new protocol implementing the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and the Cook Islands for 2025-2032.

The protocol sets fishing opportunities for EU vessels in Cook Islands' waters and provides an annual financial contribution to support the islands' fisheries policy.

Parliament's consent means the protocol can be formally concluded, allowing EU vessels to fish in the area under the agreed conditions.

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Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol implementing the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and the Cook Islands for 2025-2032.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0287(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Protocol on the implementation of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Cook Islands (2025-2032)

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 5 August 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 27 January 2026 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 15 April 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 16 April 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 20 May 2026 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council · 5 August 2026 (done)

Lead committee: PECH · Rapporteur: Oihane AGIRREGOITIA MARTÍNEZ (Renew)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

Show 14 connections: Running issue: Common Fisheries Policy · Other decisions of the part-session on PECH dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Common Fisheries Policy

Other decisions of the part-session on PECH dossiers

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Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

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

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-20/5
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “EU-Cook Islands Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (2025-2032): Implementing Protocol”. Decision, 20 May 2026. votingId 192448, document A-10-2026-0092, reference 2025/0287(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-20/5 (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-2026-05-20-5,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{EU-Cook Islands Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (2025-2032): Implementing Protocol}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-05-20},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-20/5}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-20/5},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 192448, document A-10-2026-0092, reference 2025/0287(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)}
}