← Votes·2019-11-28

The crisis of the WTO Appellate Body

Trade65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "wto"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 110578Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 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 “The crisis of the WTO Appellate Body”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (472 for, 45 against, 54 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

472

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

427 votes

Turnout (cast)

571

Absent

107

Participation rate

84.2%

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

By political group

EPP173 MEPs

For 138Against 0Abstain 3Absent 32

S&D132 MEPs

For 110Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

Renew96 MEPs

For 88Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 7Against 25Abstain 20Absent 12

ECR59 MEPs

For 45Against 4Abstain 3Absent 7

The Left37 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 20Absent 4

NI43 MEPs

For 20Against 4Abstain 6Absent 13

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany68
France43
Spain43
Poland40
Italy39

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria18 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Denmark13 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland13 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

France74 MEPs

For 43Against 20Abstain 5Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 68Against 10Abstain 5Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 3Absent 17

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy73 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 20Absent 14

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 22Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Poland51 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania32 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain54 MEPs

For 43Against 2Abstain 4Absent 5

Sweden20 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

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