← Votes·2020-04-16

EU coordinated action to combat the COVID 19 pandemic and its consequences

Health65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "pandemic"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 113051Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+15 / 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 “EU coordinated action to combat the COVID 19 pandemic and its consequences”. S&D, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (324 for, 292 against, 73 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

324

Against

292

Abstain

Margin of victory

32 votes

Turnout (cast)

689

Absent

Participation rate

97.9%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 32 votes. 15 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (15) was not larger than the 32-vote margin.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 34Against 125Abstain 15Absent 5

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 5Abstain 6Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 44Against 52Abstain 4Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE66 MEPs

For 0Against 65Abstain 1Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 21Abstain 39Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 22Against 19Abstain 3Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 32Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France47
Spain47
Germany45
Portugal18
Belgium13

Most against

Italy37
Romania21
Czech Republic16
Netherlands16
Hungary13

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 16Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 31Abstain 1Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 45Against 45Abstain 1Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 3Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 37Abstain 6Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 16Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 38Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 21Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 47Against 6Abstain 5Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 13Abstain 5Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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