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The European Parliament’s position on the Conference on the Future of Europe

Institutional Affairs61%★

Confidence: 61%

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title/description contains "european parliament"

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Vote ID 111599Source: 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+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 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 European Parliament’s position on the Conference on the Future of Europe”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (461 for, 139 against, 28 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

461

Against

139

Abstain

Margin of victory

322 votes

Turnout (cast)

628

Absent

Participation rate

92.9%

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

By political group

EPP172 MEPs

For 151Against 6Abstain 3Absent 12

S&D132 MEPs

For 117Against 1Abstain 3Absent 11

Renew96 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 4Absent 7

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

PfE64 MEPs

For 6Against 54Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR59 MEPs

For 2Against 51Abstain 4Absent 2

The Left37 MEPs

For 13Against 13Abstain 11Absent 0

NI42 MEPs

For 21Against 11Abstain 2Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany80
France42
Spain42
Italy35
Romania26

Most against

Poland25

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Greece
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria17 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark13 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 6Absent 0

Estonia6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland13 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

France74 MEPs

For 42Against 22Abstain 4Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 80Against 11Abstain 1Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland11 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy73 MEPs

For 35Against 31Abstain 0Absent 7

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 18Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

Poland51 MEPs

For 23Against 25Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania32 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain53 MEPs

For 42Against 5Abstain 3Absent 3

Sweden20 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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