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Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the Western Balkans, following the 2020 summit

Enlargement65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "western balkans"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Foreign Affairs63%

Confidence: 63%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "foreign affairs"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 114892Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Enlargement
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the Western Balkans, following the 2020 summit”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (326 for, 344 against, 17 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

326

Against

344

Abstain

Margin of victory

18 votes

Turnout (cast)

687

Absent

Participation rate

97.6%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 18 votes. 17 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (17) was not larger than the 18-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 8Against 163Abstain 6Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 130Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Renew101 MEPs

For 61Against 36Abstain 2Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE66 MEPs

For 6Against 58Abstain 1Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 8Against 54Abstain 0Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 24Against 13Abstain 4Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 20Against 14Abstain 3Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany51
Spain38
Hungary19
Romania18
Czech Republic13

Most against

France59
Italy43
Poland41
Netherlands18
Slovakia9

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 2Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 20Against 59Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 51Against 39Abstain 0Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 7Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 43Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 41Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 38Against 19Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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