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EU-Canada Agreement laying down the conditions for the participation of Canadian legal entities and products originating in Canada to procurement under the SAFE Instrument

Effect
Consent given
Result
466 for · 169 against · 14 abstained roll call
Date
20 May 2026, 13:24
Kind
International agreement · Consent procedure
More facts (8)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0144
Dossier
2025/0413(NLE)
Source
Committee report by Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Borys Budka
Topics
Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 20 May 2026
Final vote
192529
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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: 466 for, 169 against, 14 abstained (roll call).

Consent given by a large majority.

Parliament gave its consent.

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; opposed by The Left, 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 7Against 34Abst. 2No vote 2 of 45Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.69
GreensFor 49Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 121Against 1Abst. 0No vote 14 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
RenewFor 69Against 0Abst. 2No vote 6 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
EPPFor 156Against 1Abst. 1No vote 25 of 183Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
ECRFor 44Against 29Abst. 3No vote 5 of 81Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.37
PatriotsFor 18Against 57Abst. 4No vote 6 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.58
ESNFor 1Against 24Abst. 1No vote 1 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.88
No groupFor 1Against 23Abst. 1No vote 5 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, 38

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
Austria127010.45
Belgium165010.64
Bulgaria92060.73
Cyprus2004—
Czechia153300.57
Germany6524250.57
Denmark150001.00
Estonia6001—
Spain3912090.65
Finland140011.00
France29402100.35
Greece118020.37
Croatia110011.00
Hungary151030.91
Ireland93200.46
Italy5217070.63
Lithuania110001.00
Luxembourg5100—
Latvia8100—
Malta2004—
Netherlands226300.56
Poland2723120.29
Portugal155010.63
Romania243150.79
Sweden190021.00
Slovenia8001—
Slovakia58020.42

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
Marie-Agnes STRACK-ZIMMERMANN GermanyRenewSpeeches120 May 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Borys BUDKA PolandEPPSpeeches120 May 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For

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 A10-0144/2026 – Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Borys Budka – Draft Council decision Roll call466 for, 169 against, 14 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0144

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

The agreement sets conditions for Canadian legal entities and products originating in Canada to take part in procurement under the SAFE Instrument.

Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the agreement, meaning it can now be ratified.

Parliament instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission, and the governments and parliaments of the member states and Canada.

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Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement between the EU and Canada setting conditions for Canadian entities and products to participate in procurement under the SAFE Instrument.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0413(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Agreement between the European Union and Canada laying down the conditions for the participation of Canadian legal entities and products originating in Canada to procurement under the SAFE Instrument

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 18 June 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 12 March 2026 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 6 May 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 12 May 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 20 May 2026 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council · 18 June 2026 (done)

Lead committee: ITRE · Rapporteurs: Marie-Agnes STRACK-ZIMMERMANN (Renew), Borys BUDKA (EPP)

Connections

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

Show 12 connections: Running issue: EU defence and security partnerships · Other decisions of the part-session on ITRE dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: EU defence and security partnerships

Other decisions of the part-session on ITRE 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/2026-05-20/7
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “EU-Canada Agreement laying down the conditions for the participation of Canadian legal entities and products originating in Canada to procurement under the SAFE Instrument”. Decision, 20 May 2026. votingId 192529, document A-10-2026-0144, reference 2025/0413(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-20/7 (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-2026-05-20-7,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{EU-Canada Agreement laying down the conditions for the participation of Canadian legal entities and products originating in Canada to procurement under the SAFE Instrument}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-05-20},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-20/7}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-20/7},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 192529, document A-10-2026-0144, reference 2025/0413(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)}
}