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Decision to open negotiations with the Council

Granting equivalence with EU requirements to Moldova and Ukraine as regards field inspections and production of seed

Vote
Decision to open negotiations with the Council
Decision
No. 2 of the sitting of 3 Apr 2025
Result
411 for · 191 against · 13 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
3 April 2025, 13:10
More facts (7)
Effect
Negotiating mandate approved — this vote decided the decision
Position
vote 1 of 1 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: Patriots
Official label
A10-0043/2025 - Veronika Vrecionová - Décision d'engager des négociations interinstitutionnelles
Text
Report A-10-2025-0043
Dossier
2024/0027(COD)
Vote id
174880
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Result

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Result: 411 for, 191 against, 13 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 67 % of the votes cast were for.

This was the final vote on the decision: Negotiating mandate approved.

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 28Against 8Abst. 1No vote 9 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.64
GreensFor 51Against 0Abst. 0No vote 2 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 117Against 0Abst. 0No vote 19 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 66Against 0Abst. 0No vote 9 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 129Against 27Abst. 1No vote 31 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.73
ECRFor 17Against 43Abst. 6No vote 14 of 80Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.48
PatriotsFor 0Against 74Abst. 1No vote 11 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.98
ESNFor 0Against 23Abst. 1No vote 2 of 26Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
No groupFor 3Against 16Abst. 3No vote 6 of 28Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Fernand KARTHEISER changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Malika SOREL changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

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S&D members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Austria500
Belgium400
Bulgaria200
Germany1100
Denmark200
Estonia200
Spain2000
Finland200
France900
Greece200
Croatia400
Hungary200
Ireland100
Italy1900
Lithuania200
Luxembourg100
Latvia100
Malta300
Netherlands400
Poland300
Portugal600
Romania600
Sweden500
Slovenia100

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Result: for–against–abstained. For: share of the votes cast. Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call.
DateVoteKindResultForRequested byr · shared
22 May 2025Final vote Granting equivalence to Moldova and Ukraine for field inspections and seed productionFinal374 for, 176 against, 36 abstained Adopted For 64 %r · shared0.86 515 voters
24 Feb 2026Paragraph 4 — part 2 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineSplit vote372 for, 134 against, 57 abstained Adopted For 66 %Requested by ECR, Patriotsr · shared0.86 486 voters
8 Jul 2026Amendment 33 to paragraph 30 2025 Commission report on UkraineAmendment428 for, 164 against, 65 abstained Adopted For 65 %Requested by ESNr · shared0.84 557 voters
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Result: for–against–abstained. For: share of the votes cast. Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call.
DateVoteKindResultForRequested byr · shared
23 Oct 2025Paragraph 14 — part 2 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitSplit vote378 for, 166 against, 26 abstained Adopted For 66 %Requested by The Leftr · shared0.84 509 voters
8 May 2025Final vote Suspending certain parts of Regulation (EU) 2015/478 as regards imports of Ukrainian products into the European UnionFinal354 for, 147 against, 53 abstained Adopted For 64 %r · shared0.84 498 voters
17 Jul 2024Separate vote on recital E The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineSeparate vote482 for, 165 against, 22 abstained Adopted For 72 %Requested by EPPr · shared0.83 568 voters
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s OfficeFinal452 for, 176 against, 30 abstained Adopted For 69 %r · shared0.83 567 voters
22 Oct 2025Paragraph 17 — part 2 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilSplit vote445 for, 178 against, 17 abstained Adopted For 70 %Requested by Patriotsr · shared0.83 546 voters
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeFinal367 for, 74 against, 188 abstained Adopted For 58 %r · shared0.82 542 voters
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 4 — part 1 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineSplit vote456 for, 166 against, 26 abstained Adopted For 70 %Requested by EPPr · shared0.82 554 voters

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Retrieved
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European Parliament (2025). “Decision to open negotiations with the Council — Granting equivalence with EU requirements to Moldova and Ukraine as regards field inspections and production of seed”. Vote, 3 April 2025. votingId 174880, reference 2024/0027(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-04-03/174880 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 3 April 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-03-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 3 April 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-03-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-04-03, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-04-03/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-vote-2025-04-03-174880,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Decision to open negotiations with the Council — Granting equivalence with EU requirements to Moldova and Ukraine as regards field inspections and production of seed}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-04-03},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-04-03/174880}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-04-03/174880},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 174880, reference 2024/0027(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-03-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-03-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-04-03 (CC BY 4.0)}
}