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Ordre du jour du mercredi: demande du groupe ID

Vote ID 109065Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+15 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “Ordre du jour du mercredi: demande du groupe ID”. EPP, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (203 for, 205 against, 12 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

203

Against

205

Abstain

Margin of victory

2 votes

Turnout (cast)

420

Absent

258

Participation rate

62.0%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 2 votes. 258 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (258) was larger than the 2-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 62 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
S&Dhad 44 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
ECRhad 33 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
Greens-EFAhad 28 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
PfEhad 26 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
Renewhad 23 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
NIhad 23 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
Lefthad 18 absent MEPs (margin was 2)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Italy (34 absent)Germany (33 absent)France (21 absent)Spain (20 absent)Poland (17 absent)Czech Republic (14 absent)Greece (11 absent)Netherlands (11 absent)Romania (11 absent)Belgium (10 absent)Ireland (9 absent)Latvia (8 absent)Lithuania (7 absent)Portugal (7 absent)Finland (6 absent)Austria (5 absent)Slovakia (5 absent)Cyprus (4 absent)Denmark (4 absent)Slovenia (4 absent)Sweden (4 absent)Estonia (3 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP173 MEPs

For 109Against 0Abstain 2Absent 62

S&D132 MEPs

For 6Against 78Abstain 4Absent 44

Renew96 MEPs

For 7Against 63Abstain 3Absent 23

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 1Against 38Abstain 0Absent 28

PfE64 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 26

ECR59 MEPs

For 24Against 2Abstain 0Absent 33

NI43 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 3Absent 23

The Left37 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 0Absent 18

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland27
Italy23
Hungary12
Romania10
Sweden9

Most against

Germany37
France34
Spain24
Netherlands9
Bulgaria8

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria18 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 10

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia11 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 2Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 14

Denmark13 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 1Absent 4

Estonia6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Finland13 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

France74 MEPs

For 18Against 34Abstain 1Absent 21

Germany96 MEPs

For 26Against 37Abstain 0Absent 33

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland11 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

Italy73 MEPs

For 23Against 16Abstain 0Absent 34

Latvia8 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 11

Poland51 MEPs

For 27Against 5Abstain 2Absent 17

Portugal21 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 7

Romania32 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 3Absent 11

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Spain54 MEPs

For 10Against 24Abstain 0Absent 20

Sweden20 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Individual MEP positions

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