Parliament gave its consent to the interim trade agreement between the EU and Mexico by 474 votes to 131 , with 60 abstentions. The measure was carried by the EPP, Renew, S&D, the ECR and ESN, while The Left voted overwhelmingly against and the PfE was split, with most of its members abstaining or opposing. The vote came through the consent procedure, in which Parliament can approve or reject the negotiated text but cannot amend it, making this single up-or-down decision the whole of the political question. Renew and the EPP backed the agreement almost unanimously, and a large majority of S&D members joined them; the ECR and ESN also voted mostly in favour. Opposition was concentrated on The Left, where 34 of its members voted against and only two in favour, and among the non-attached Members, who leaned against. The PfE did not settle on a common position: of its group, 23 voted against, 35 abstained and 14 voted in favour. As a consent decision it does not itself legislate, but it is the step that allows the agreement to take effect and represents Parliament's formal endorsement of the modernised trade relationship with Mexico.
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