← Votes·2020-01-15

Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2018

Defence & Security66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "defence"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 111206Source: 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: Defence
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+3 / 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 security and defence policy - annual report 2018”. EPP, S&D and Renew voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (341 for, 228 against, 72 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

341

Against

228

Abstain

Margin of victory

113 votes

Turnout (cast)

641

Absent

Participation rate

94.8%

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

By political group

EPP172 MEPs

For 148Against 11Abstain 3Absent 10

S&D132 MEPs

For 84Against 21Abstain 19Absent 8

Renew96 MEPs

For 84Against 4Abstain 3Absent 5

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 2Against 58Abstain 7Absent 0

PfE64 MEPs

For 6Against 53Abstain 2Absent 3

ECR59 MEPs

For 5Against 21Abstain 32Absent 1

The Left37 MEPs

For 0Against 35Abstain 2Absent 0

NI42 MEPs

For 10Against 22Abstain 4Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Spain38
Romania28
Hungary19
Portugal16
Netherlands14

Most against

Germany52
Italy40
France37
Austria10
Ireland10

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria17 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 5Absent 1

Croatia11 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 3Absent 0

Denmark13 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland13 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

France74 MEPs

For 32Against 37Abstain 1Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 36Against 52Abstain 5Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland11 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy73 MEPs

For 20Against 40Abstain 7Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 14Against 8Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland51 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 25Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania32 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain53 MEPs

For 38Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

Sweden20 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 6Absent 1

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