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The EU’s public health strategy post-COVID-19

Health86%★

Confidence: 86%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "health"
title/description contains "public health"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 116295Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some 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+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 EU’s public health strategy post-COVID-19”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (526 for, 105 against, 50 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

526

Against

105

Abstain

Margin of victory

421 votes

Turnout (cast)

681

Absent

Participation rate

96.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 161Against 2Abstain 8Absent 8

S&D136 MEPs

For 131Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Renew101 MEPs

For 97Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE66 MEPs

For 7Against 35Abstain 24Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 48Abstain 12Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 25Against 14Abstain 2Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 33Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
France56
Spain52
Italy39
Romania32

Most against

Poland26

Divided delegations

Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 4Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 56Against 23Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 11Abstain 1Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 35Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 26Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain58 MEPs

For 52Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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