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Accession of Vanuatu to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part

Reference: 2025/0055(NLE) Non-legislative procedure · consent
Where it stands: Parliament gave its consent on 10 September 2025. The Council can now conclude the act.
Stage: Plenary vote
Lead committee: International Trade INTA

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Rapporteur: Dariusz JOŃSKI
Shadow rapporteurs: 3 members
Decisions in plenary: 1
Last vote: 10 Sept 2025 · Consent given
Versions: 3 versions

Rapporteur: Dariusz JOŃSKI
Shadow rapporteurs: 3 members
Decisions in plenary: 1
Last vote: 10 Sept 2025 · Consent given
Versions: 3 versions

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Where it stands

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Referred to committee (done) 16 June 2025
Committee work (done) Report adopted 15 July 2025
Tabled for plenary (done) 16 July 2025
Plenary vote (done) Adopted 10 September 2025
Adopted by the Council (to come)

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People

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Lead committee: International Trade INTA
Rapporteur: Dariusz JOŃSKI (EPP)
Shadow rapporteurs: Francisco ASSIS (S&D), Barry COWEN (Renew), Rudi KENNES (The Left)

Decisions in plenary, 1

Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.

**Effect**: what the decision did. **Final vote**: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
Date	Decision	Kind	Effect	Final vote
10 Sept 2025	EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Vanuatu	Consent	Consent given	528 for, 89 against, 48 abstained by roll call

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Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.

Each group's clear line at the date of the vote: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided; “< 10 voted” when fewer took part. Result: outcome, for–against–abstained (method).

Voting grid of 2025/0055(NLE): one row per roll call, one column per group, then the result.
Vote	The Left	Greens	S&D	Renew	EPP	ECR	Patriots	ESN	Result
10 Sept 2025 Final vote on the draft Council decision	Against	Against	For	For	For	For	For	Abst.	Adopted528–89–48

10 Sept 2025 Final vote on the draft Council decision

Adopted 528–89–48

The Left

Against
Greens

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S&D

For
Renew

For
EPP

For
ECR

For
Patriots

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Versions, 3

The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.

Adopted by Parliament10 Sept 2025

Adopted text TA10-0182/2025 TA-10-2025-0182

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Tabled for plenary16 Jul 2025

Report A10-0141/2025 A-10-2025-0141

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Committee draft3 Jun 2025

Draft report (INTA) INTA-PR-773421

Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Adopted text TA10-0182/2025: Parliament gives its consent to the accession of Vanuatu to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Pacific States.
Report A10-0141/2025: Parliament gives its consent to the accession of Vanuatu to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the EU and Pacific States, reinforcing the legal framework for trade and incorporating Vanuatu into joint rules and institutions.
Draft report (INTA): The draft report recommends that Parliament give its consent to Vanuatu's accession to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the EU and Pacific States, which would incorporate Vanuatu into the agreement's rules and institutions.

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What changed, 2

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Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0141/2025 → Adopted text TA10-0182/2025

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Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (INTA) → Report A10-0141/2025

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Timeline, 5

Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.

Plenary stage 2 steps · 16 Jul 2025–10 Sept 2025

10 September 2025

Plenary vote

Sitting of 10 Sept 2025 Adopted text TA10-0182/2025 Report A10-0141/2025
16 July 2025

Report tabled for plenary

This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

Report A10-0141/2025

Committee stage 3 steps · 3 Jun 2025–15 Jul 2025

15 July 2025

Committee vote: report adopted

INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
16 June 2025

Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee

The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
3 June 2025

Draft report published

The rapporteur’s first text in INTA (International Trade). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

Draft report (INTA)

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0055
Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL)
Data source: EP Open Data API: procedure record
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “Accession of Vanuatu to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part”. Dossier, 10 September 2025. procId 2025-0055, reference 2025/0055(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0055 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F0055(NLE). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2025-0055 (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-dossier-2025-0055,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Accession of Vanuatu to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-09-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0055}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0055},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. procId 2025-0055, reference 2025/0055(NLE). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025\%2F0055(NLE). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
}