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EU-UK Agreement regarding cooperation on the application of their respective competition laws

Effect
Consent given
Result
640 for · 5 against · 26 abstained roll call
Date
16 September 2026, 14:18
Kind
International agreement · Consent procedure
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0203
Dossier
2025/0111(NLE)
Source
Committee report by Eero Heinäluoma
Topics
Economy & single marketForeign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 16 September 2026
Final vote
195854
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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: 640 for, 5 against, 26 abstained (roll call).

Consent given by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament gave its consent.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; 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).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 36Against 2Abst. 1No vote 5 of 44Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.88
GreensFor 50Against 0Abst. 0No vote 3 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 130Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 72Against 0Abst. 0No vote 6 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 175Against 0Abst. 0No vote 9 of 184Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 74Against 0Abst. 2No vote 8 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
PatriotsFor 77Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 4Against 0Abst. 21No vote 2 of 27Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.76
No groupFor 22Against 3Abst. 2No vote 1 of 28Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Voted against their group, 9

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
Belgium210011.00
Bulgaria140300.74
Cyprus6000—
Czechia170130.92
Germany7901240.80
Denmark130021.00
Estonia6001—
Spain571020.97
Finland140011.00
France750061.00
Greece162300.64
Croatia120001.00
Hungary180110.92
Ireland7007—
Italy700150.98
Lithuania100100.86
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia9000—
Malta5001—
Netherlands310001.00
Poland481040.97
Portugal171120.84
Romania260160.94
Sweden210001.00
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia130200.80

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 A10-0203/2026 – Eero Heinäluoma – Draft Council decision Roll call640 for, 5 against, 26 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0203

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The text concerns an agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom on cooperation in applying their respective competition laws.

Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the agreement, adopting this as its official position.

Parliament instructed its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission, and the governments and parliaments of the member states and of the United Kingdom.

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Parliament's committee report asks Parliament to give its consent to the conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom on cooperation in applying their respective competition laws.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0111(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding cooperation on the application of their competition laws

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 · 25 March 2026 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 15 July 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 15 July 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 16 September 2026 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council (to come)

Lead committee: ECON · Rapporteur: Eero HEINÄLUOMA (S&D)

Connections

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

Show 9 connections: Running issue: EU-UK relations · Other decisions of the part-session on ECON dossiers

Running issue: EU-UK relations

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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/2026-09-16/9
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “EU-UK Agreement regarding cooperation on the application of their respective competition laws”. Decision, 16 September 2026. votingId 195854, document A-10-2026-0203, reference 2025/0111(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/9 (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-2026-09-16-9,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{EU-UK Agreement regarding cooperation on the application of their respective competition laws}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/9}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/9},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 195854, document A-10-2026-0203, reference 2025/0111(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)}
}