← Votes·2020-01-15

Implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy - annual report

Foreign Affairs63%★

Confidence: 63%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "common foreign and security policy"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 111134Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “Implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy - annual report”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (418 for, 126 against, 94 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

418

Against

126

Abstain

Margin of victory

292 votes

Turnout (cast)

638

Absent

Participation rate

94.4%

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

By political group

EPP172 MEPs

For 149Against 8Abstain 5Absent 10

S&D132 MEPs

For 98Against 7Abstain 17Absent 10

Renew96 MEPs

For 85Against 1Abstain 5Absent 5

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

PfE64 MEPs

For 5Against 52Abstain 4Absent 3

ECR59 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 43Absent 2

NI42 MEPs

For 14Against 16Abstain 7Absent 5

The Left37 MEPs

For 1Against 30Abstain 6Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
France43
Spain40
Romania29
Hungary19

Most against

Italy26
Ireland8

Divided delegations

Cyprus
France
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria17 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 5Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 7Absent 1

Croatia11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 8Absent 0

Denmark13 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland13 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

France74 MEPs

For 43Against 27Abstain 1Absent 3

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 23Abstain 4Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 8Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland11 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy73 MEPs

For 23Against 26Abstain 18Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 18Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland51 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 25Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania32 MEPs

For 29Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain53 MEPs

For 40Against 6Abstain 3Absent 4

Sweden20 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

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