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The role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security

Effect
Adopted
Result
467 for · 92 against · 44 abstained roll call
Date
17 September 2026, 13:26
Kind
Resolution
More facts (8)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0205
Dossier
2025/2010(INI)
Source
Committee report by Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Topics
Agriculture, food & fisheriesEconomy & single marketTrade & customs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Thursday 17 September 2026
Final vote
196157
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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: 467 for, 92 against, 44 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

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

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 2Against 19Abst. 13No vote 10 of 44Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.34
GreensFor 5Against 42Abst. 1No vote 5 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.81
S&DFor 102Against 13Abst. 0No vote 20 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.83
RenewFor 42Against 6Abst. 18No vote 12 of 78Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.45
EPPFor 152Against 0Abst. 0No vote 32 of 184Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 69Against 4Abst. 0No vote 11 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.92
PatriotsFor 60Against 0Abst. 8No vote 16 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.82
ESNFor 22Against 0Abst. 2No vote 3 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.88
No groupFor 13Against 8Abst. 2No vote 5 of 28Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Voted against their group, 33

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
Austria162110.76
Belgium144040.67
Bulgaria140031.00
Cyprus3003—
Czechia132060.80
Germany58205120.55
Denmark76020.31
Estonia6001—
Spain493170.89
Finland75030.38
France5992110.76
Greece640110.40
Croatia101010.86
Hungary80660.36
Ireland5027—
Italy5448100.73
Lithuania90110.85
Luxembourg5100—
Latvia7101—
Malta4002—
Netherlands1113430.20
Poland480140.97
Portugal172110.78
Romania2020110.86
Sweden413310.47
Slovenia7011—
Slovakia60810.36

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
Sophie WILMÈS BelgiumRenewSpeeches117 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Paulo DO NASCIMENTO CABRAL PortugalEPPSpeeches117 Sept 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 motion for a resolution A10-0205/2026 – Paulo do Nascimento Cabral – Motion for a resolution Roll call467 for, 92 against, 44 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0205

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

Parliament adopted a resolution on the role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security.

The text sets out Parliament's position that aquatic food products entering the EU should meet the same or equivalent standards required of EU fishers and producers, to avoid unfair competition and artificially lowered prices.

It also calls for stronger customs controls in ports and airports, full use of the eCatch system for traceability, and registration of all imports of fisheries products from non-cooperative countries.

Parliament asks for a stamp assuring equivalent conditions to European Quality Schemes for imported products, and for greater autonomy for the outermost regions in the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund, including re-establishing POSEI – Fisheries.

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

Parliament's resolution on social, economic and environmental standards in aquatic food products calls for fair competition, food security and stronger EU fisheries and aquaculture. It asks for better labelling, harmonised import controls, action against illegal fishing, support for aquaculture, fleet renewal and funding.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2010(INI) · Own-initiative report

Parliament adopted the text on 17 September 2026. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 23 January 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 9 July 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 16 July 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 17 September 2026 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: PECH · Author: Paulo DO NASCIMENTO CABRAL (EPP)

Connections

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

Show 19 connections: Running issue: Common Fisheries Policy · Running issue: EU competitiveness · Other decisions of the part-session on PECH dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Common Fisheries Policy

Running issue: EU competitiveness

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/2026-09-17/6
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “The role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security”. Decision, 17 September 2026. votingId 196157, document A-10-2026-0205, reference 2025/2010(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-17/6 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 17 September 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-17-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 17 September 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-17-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-17, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-09-17/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-09-17-6,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{The role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-17/6}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-17/6},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 196157, document A-10-2026-0205, reference 2025/2010(INI). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-17-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-17-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-17 (CC BY 4.0)}
}