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EU-Norway Agreement on the participation of Norway in GOVSATCOM and in the Union Secure Connectivity Programme

Effect
Consent given
Result
612 for · 8 against · 16 abstained roll call
Date
16 September 2026, 14:20
Kind
International agreement · Consent procedure
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0208
Dossier
2025/0352(NLE)
Source
Committee report by Paolo Borchia
Topics
Digital, AI & dataForeign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 16 September 2026
Final vote
195857
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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: 612 for, 8 against, 16 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 31Against 1Abst. 8No vote 4 of 44Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.66
GreensFor 49Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 109Against 0Abst. 1No vote 25 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
RenewFor 72Against 0Abst. 0No vote 6 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 168Against 0Abst. 0No vote 16 of 184Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 72Against 0Abst. 0No vote 12 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
PatriotsFor 72Against 0Abst. 1No vote 11 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
ESNFor 25Against 0Abst. 0No vote 2 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 14Against 7Abst. 6No vote 1 of 28Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Voted against their group, 11

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
Austria200001.00
Belgium170230.84
Bulgaria170001.00
Cyprus5010—
Czechia171030.92
Germany7116170.87
Denmark130021.00
Estonia6001—
Spain570120.97
Finland130021.00
France6001200.98
Greece163200.64
Croatia120001.00
Hungary190011.00
Ireland5036—
Italy710051.00
Lithuania110001.00
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia8001—
Malta5001—
Netherlands300011.00
Poland441080.97
Portugal181020.92
Romania261060.94
Sweden210001.00
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia150001.00

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
Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS SpainEPPSpeeches116 Sept 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 A10-0208/2026 – Paolo Borchia – Draft Council decision Roll call612 for, 8 against, 16 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0208

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

The agreement sets out rules for Norway to take part in the GOVSATCOM component of the Union Space Programme and in the Union Secure Connectivity Programme, and for access to their governmental services.

Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the agreement, which means it approves the agreement as a whole; under this procedure no amendments are possible.

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

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

Parliament's committee report asks Parliament to give its consent to the conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and Norway on Norway's participation in the GOVSATCOM component of the Union Space Programme and in the Union Secure Connectivity Programme.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0352(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Laying down the rules for participation of the Kingdom of Norway in the GOVSATCOM component of the Union Space Programme and in the Union Secure Connectivity Programme

Parliament gave its consent on 16 September 2026. The Council can now conclude the act.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 18 May 2026 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 14 July 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 16 July 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 16 September 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.

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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/2026-09-16/11
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “EU-Norway Agreement on the participation of Norway in GOVSATCOM and in the Union Secure Connectivity Programme”. Decision, 16 September 2026. votingId 195857, document A-10-2026-0208, reference 2025/0352(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/11 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 16 September 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-16-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 16 September 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-16-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-16, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-09-16/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-09-16-11,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{EU-Norway Agreement on the participation of Norway in GOVSATCOM and in the Union Secure Connectivity Programme}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/11}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/11},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 195857, document A-10-2026-0208, reference 2025/0352(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-16-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-16-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-16 (CC BY 4.0)}
}