Amendment 20 to article 2 · Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products · Vote

Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Rejected · 35 % of the votes cast were for.

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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 41	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 5 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Greens	For 42	Against 4	Abst. 0	No vote 7 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.87
S&D	For 25	Against 92	Abst. 0	No vote 19 of 136	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.68
Renew	For 1	Against 58	Abst. 0	No vote 16 of 75	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.97
EPP	For 0	Against 171	Abst. 0	No vote 17 of 188	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
ECR	For 24	Against 43	Abst. 7	No vote 5 of 79	Majority line Against	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.37
Patriots	For 47	Against 7	Abst. 21	No vote 10 of 85	Majority line For	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.44
ESN	For 19	Against 2	Abst. 2	No vote 4 of 27	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.74
No group	For 21	Against 3	Abst. 2	No vote 4 of 30	Majority 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, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER 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.

Countries × groups

How each country’s members of each group voted.

Each cell: members of that country in that group who voted for – against – abstained (group at the date of the vote). Shading: the share of the cell's votes that were for; the stronger the shading, the more for (scale below). — : no member voted.
Country	The Left	Greens	S&D	Renew	EPP	ECR	Patriots	ESN	No group
Austria	no member voted	2–0–0	5–0–0	0–2–0	0–5–0	no member voted	6–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Belgium	2–0–0	2–0–0	2–1–0	1–3–0	0–3–0	0–2–0	0–0–3	no member voted	no member voted
Bulgaria	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	0–3–0	0–5–0	0–1–0	no member voted	1–0–0	1–1–0
Cyprus	1–0–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	0–2–0	0–0–1	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0
Czechia	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–5–0	0–3–0	0–0–9	1–0–0	1–0–0
Germany	4–0–0	13–0–0	2–10–0	0–8–0	0–28–0	no member voted	no member voted	10–2–2	6–1–1
Denmark	1–0–0	0–3–0	0–2–0	0–4–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Estonia	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Spain	3–0–0	2–0–0	0–17–0	0–1–0	0–20–0	0–2–0	4–0–0	no member voted	0–0–1
Finland	3–0–0	1–0–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–4–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
France	9–0–0	3–0–0	8–0–0	0–9–0	0–6–0	0–0–4	26–0–0	1–0–0	0–1–0
Greece	4–0–0	no member voted	3–0–0	no member voted	0–7–0	0–0–2	1–0–0	no member voted	4–0–0
Croatia	no member voted	1–0–0	2–1–0	no member voted	0–6–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Hungary	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	8–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted
Ireland	2–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	0–4–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Italy	9–0–0	4–0–0	0–21–0	no member voted	0–9–0	0–22–0	0–0–8	no member voted	no member voted
Lithuania	no member voted	1–0–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–3–0	1–1–0	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted
Luxembourg	no member voted	1–0–0	1–0–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0
Latvia	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	0–1–0	0–2–0	0–3–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Malta	no member voted	no member voted	0–3–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Netherlands	no member voted	6–0–0	0–4–0	0–6–0	0–6–0	0–1–0	0–5–0	no member voted	no member voted
Poland	no member voted	no member voted	0–3–0	0–1–0	0–23–0	18–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0	no member voted
Portugal	1–0–0	no member voted	0–6–0	0–1–0	0–6–0	no member voted	0–0–1	no member voted	no member voted
Romania	no member voted	1–0–0	0–9–0	0–3–0	0–10–0	5–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0
Sweden	2–0–0	3–0–0	0–5–0	0–1–0	0–5–0	0–3–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovenia	no member voted	1–0–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0–4–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovakia	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	0–5–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	6–0–0

Share for: 0–19 %20–39 %40–59 %60–79 %80–100 %

The Left members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
Country	For	Against	Abst.	Bar
Belgium	2	0	0
Cyprus	1	0	0
Germany	4	0	0
Denmark	1	0	0
Spain	3	0	0
Finland	3	0	0
France	9	0	0
Greece	4	0	0
Ireland	2	0	0
Italy	9	0	0
Portugal	1	0	0
Sweden	2	0	0

Members

Each member’s recorded position, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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No vote recorded, 87

Members in office that day without a recorded position. No vote recorded is not the same as absent: leave, illness or chairing the sitting look the same.

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Name · group that day · country

Abir AL-SAHLANI group that day: Renew · Sweden
Alberico GAMBINO group that day: ECR · Italy
Alexander SELL group that day: ESN · Germany
Alma EZCURRA ALMANSA group that day: EPP · Spain
Ana Catarina MENDES group that day: S&D · Portugal
Ana Miguel PEDRO group that day: EPP · Portugal
András Tivadar KULJA group that day: EPP · Hungary
Anja HAZEKAMP group that day: The Left · Netherlands
Anna-Maja HENRIKSSON group that day: Renew · Finland
António TÂNGER CORRÊA group that day: Patriots · Portugal
Aodhán Ó RÍORDÁIN group that day: S&D · Ireland
Axel VOSS group that day: EPP · Germany
Barry ANDREWS group that day: Renew · Ireland
Barry COWEN group that day: Renew · Ireland
Bart GROOTHUIS group that day: Renew · Netherlands
Bernard GUETTA group that day: Renew · France
Billy KELLEHER group that day: Renew · Ireland
Carla TAVARES group that day: S&D · Portugal
Catarina MARTINS group that day: The Left · Portugal
Chloé RIDEL group that day: S&D · France
Claire FITA group that day: S&D · France
Cristina MAESTRE group that day: S&D · Spain
Daniel OBAJTEK group that day: ECR · Poland
David CASA group that day: EPP · Malta
Dominik TARCZYŃSKI group that day: ECR · Poland
Dóra DÁVID group that day: EPP · Hungary
Emma RAFOWICZ group that day: S&D · France
Emma WIESNER group that day: Renew · Sweden
Eric SARGIACOMO group that day: S&D · France
Erik MARQUARDT group that day: Greens · Germany
Ernő SCHALLER-BAROSS group that day: Patriots · Hungary
Eszter LAKOS group that day: EPP · Hungary
Eva MAYDELL group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
Gabriella GERZSENYI group that day: EPP · Hungary
Gheorghe CÂRCIU group that day: S&D · Romania
Grégory ALLIONE group that day: Renew · France
Grzegorz BRAUN group that day: No group · Poland
Hermann TERTSCH group that day: Patriots · Spain
Isabel SERRA SÁNCHEZ group that day: The Left · Spain
Jaume ASENS LLODRÀ group that day: Greens · Spain
Jean-Marc GERMAIN group that day: S&D · France
Jérémy DECERLE group that day: Renew · France
João COTRIM DE FIGUEIREDO group that day: Renew · Portugal
Johan VAN OVERTVELDT group that day: ECR · Belgium
Jonás FERNÁNDEZ group that day: S&D · Spain
Jorge MARTÍN FRÍAS group that day: Patriots · Spain
Kateřina KONEČNÁ group that day: No group · Czechia
Kathleen VAN BREMPT group that day: S&D · Belgium
Katri KULMUNI group that day: Renew · Finland
Katrin LANGENSIEPEN group that day: Greens · Germany
Kinga KOLLÁR group that day: EPP · Hungary
Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA group that day: S&D · Spain
Luis-Vicențiu LAZARUS group that day: No group · Romania
Lynn BOYLAN group that day: The Left · Ireland
Majdouline SBAI group that day: Greens · France
Manuela RIPA group that day: EPP · Germany
Marie DAUCHY group that day: Patriots · France
Marko VEŠLIGAJ group that day: S&D · Croatia
Mélissa CAMARA group that day: Greens · France
Michael MCNAMARA group that day: Renew · Ireland
Mihai TUDOSE group that day: S&D · Romania
Milan ZVER group that day: EPP · Slovenia
Mimmo LUCANO group that day: The Left · Italy
Niels FUGLSANG group that day: S&D · Denmark
Nils UŠAKOVS group that day: S&D · Latvia
Pál SZEKERES group that day: Patriots · Hungary
Petar VOLGIN group that day: ESN · Bulgaria
Peter LIESE group that day: EPP · Germany
Péter MAGYAR group that day: EPP · Hungary
Philippe OLIVIER group that day: Patriots · France
Pietro FIOCCHI group that day: ECR · Italy
Rachel BLOM group that day: Patriots · Netherlands
Raúl DE LA HOZ QUINTANO group that day: EPP · Spain
Roberta METSOLA group that day: EPP · Malta
Stanislav STOYANOV group that day: ESN · Bulgaria
Stanisław TYSZKA group that day: ESN · Poland
Thomas GEISEL group that day: No group · Germany
Tiemo WÖLKEN group that day: S&D · Germany
Udo BULLMANN group that day: S&D · Germany
Valérie DEVAUX group that day: Renew · France
Veronika CIFROVÁ OSTRIHOŇOVÁ group that day: Renew · Slovakia
Vicent MARZÀ IBÁÑEZ group that day: Greens · Spain
Viktória FERENC group that day: Patriots · Hungary
Ville NIINISTÖ group that day: Greens · Finland
Virginie JORON group that day: Patriots · France
Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE group that day: Renew · Belgium
Zoltán TARR group that day: EPP · Hungary

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The decision

Decision Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products New EU law · report by Gabriel Mato 16 Dec 2025 Passed

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-12-16/182571
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 16 December 2025 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 16 December 2025 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-16
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 26 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Amendment 20 to article 2 — Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products”. Vote, 16 December 2025. votingId 182571, reference 2025/0322(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-12-16/182571 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 16 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-16-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 16 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-16-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-16, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-12-16/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-vote-2025-12-16-182571,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amendment 20 to article 2 — Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-12-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-12-16/182571}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-12-16/182571},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 182571, reference 2025/0322(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-16-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-16-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-16 (CC BY 4.0)}
}