← Votes·2019-10-24

Opening accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania

Enlargement65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "accession"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 109744Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Enlargement
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “Opening accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (386 for, 116 against, 27 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

386

Against

116

Abstain

Margin of victory

270 votes

Turnout (cast)

529

Absent

149

Participation rate

78.0%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP173 MEPs

For 125Against 15Abstain 3Absent 30

S&D132 MEPs

For 94Against 0Abstain 4Absent 34

Renew96 MEPs

For 46Against 18Abstain 7Absent 25

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 53Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

PfE64 MEPs

For 2Against 49Abstain 1Absent 12

ECR59 MEPs

For 29Against 10Abstain 5Absent 15

NI43 MEPs

For 19Against 10Abstain 1Absent 13

The Left37 MEPs

For 16Against 9Abstain 5Absent 7

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
Poland38
Spain34
Italy30
Romania27

Most against

France42
Netherlands14

Divided delegations

Greece
Italy
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria18 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 3Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark13 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 4Absent 2

Estonia6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland13 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

France74 MEPs

For 15Against 42Abstain 6Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 11Abstain 4Absent 20

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Italy73 MEPs

For 30Against 25Abstain 2Absent 16

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 8Against 14Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland51 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania32 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain54 MEPs

For 34Against 1Abstain 0Absent 19

Sweden20 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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