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EU-Morocco Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of Morocco in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA): amendment and supplement

Effect
Consent given
Result
573 for · 35 against · 37 abstained roll call
Date
8 July 2026, 13:24
Kind
International agreement · Consent procedure
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0151
Dossier
2025/0387(NLE)
Source
Committee report by Paolo Borchia
Topics
Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 8 July 2026
Final vote
194918
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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: 573 for, 35 against, 37 abstained (roll call).

Consent given by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament gave its consent.

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

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 1Against 20Abst. 19No vote 5 of 45Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.25
GreensFor 45Against 1Abst. 0No vote 7 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.97
S&DFor 108Against 0Abst. 3No vote 24 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
RenewFor 72Against 1Abst. 1No vote 4 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
EPPFor 172Against 0Abst. 0No vote 13 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 69Against 4Abst. 5No vote 6 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.83
PatriotsFor 61Against 5Abst. 6No vote 13 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.77
ESNFor 26Against 0Abst. 0No vote 1 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 19Against 4Abst. 3No vote 1 of 27Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group.

Voted against their group, 26

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
Austria130610.53
Belgium181120.85
Bulgaria150021.00
Cyprus5100—
Czechia180031.00
Germany823380.90
Denmark131100.80
Estonia7000—
Spain3811380.60
Finland103110.57
France46111230.69
Greece143310.55
Croatia110011.00
Hungary160051.00
Ireland112010.77
Italy590890.82
Lithuania110001.00
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia9000—
Malta5001—
Netherlands281020.95
Poland521000.97
Portugal182010.85
Romania290041.00
Sweden165000.64
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia140011.00

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.

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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
Paolo BORCHIA ItalyPatriotsSpeeches18 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Victor NEGRESCU RomaniaS&DSpeeches18 Jul 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 A10-0151/2026 – Paolo Borchia – Draft Council decision Roll call573 for, 35 against, 37 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0151

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

Parliament gave its consent to the EU-Morocco agreement updating Morocco's participation in the PRIMA research partnership, aligning it with Horizon Europe rules until 2031.

The agreement continues scientific cooperation on water, farming and food challenges in the Mediterranean, with no extra budget beyond existing PRIMA funding.

Parliament asks the Commission to monitor the agreement's implementation, especially agricultural imports, to ensure reciprocity and safeguards for EU producers.

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

The European Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement amending the EU-Morocco scientific cooperation agreement for Morocco's participation in PRIMA until 2031.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0387(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Agreement, in the form of an Exchange of Letters, between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco amending and supplementing the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of the Kingdom of Morocco in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA)

Parliament gave its consent on 8 July 2026. The Council can now conclude the act.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 27 April 2026 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 3 June 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 5 June 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 8 July 2026 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council (to come)

Lead committee: ITRE · Rapporteur: Paolo BORCHIA (Patriots)

Connections

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

Show 5 connections: Running issue: PRIMA Mediterranean research partnership · Other decisions of the part-session on ITRE dossiers

Running issue: PRIMA Mediterranean research partnership

Other decisions of the part-session on ITRE dossiers

See all: Other decisions of the part-session on ITRE 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/2026-07-08/5
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “EU-Morocco Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of Morocco in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA): amendment and supplement”. Decision, 8 July 2026. votingId 194918, document A-10-2026-0151, reference 2025/0387(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-08/5 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 8 July 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-08-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 8 July 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-08-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-08, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-07-08/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-07-08-5,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{EU-Morocco Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of Morocco in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA): amendment and supplement}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-07-08},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-08/5}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-08/5},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 194918, document A-10-2026-0151, reference 2025/0387(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-08-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-08-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-08 (CC BY 4.0)}
}