← Votes·2020-10-20

Recommendation to the High Representative and to the Council under Rule 118 in preparation of the 2020 Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT) review process, nuclear arms control and nuclear disarmament options

Defence & Security87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "weapons"
title/description contains "armament"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Energy65%

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "nuclear"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Institutional Affairs61%

Confidence: 61%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "treaty"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 118977Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓High-interest topic: Defence
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+15 / 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 “Recommendation to the High Representative and to the Council under Rule 118 in preparation of the 2020 Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT) review process, nuclear arms control and nuclear disarmament options”. S&D, Greens-EFA, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP and Renew voted mostly against. PfE and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (294 for, 289 against, 107 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

294

Against

289

Abstain

107

Margin of victory

5 votes

Turnout (cast)

690

Absent

Participation rate

98.2%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 5 votes. 13 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (13) was larger than the 5-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

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 18Against 152Abstain 6Absent 3

S&D135 MEPs

For 128Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Renew101 MEPs

For 15Against 85Abstain 1Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 70Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

PfE66 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 41Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 50Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 20Against 14Abstain 7Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany47
Spain33
Austria15
Portugal14
Belgium10

Most against

France52
Romania22
Hungary15
Netherlands15
Bulgaria11

Divided delegations

Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece
Latvia
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 6Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 1Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 4Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 26Against 52Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 36Abstain 11Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland12 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 9Abstain 35Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 15Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 8Against 16Abstain 26Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 22Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 33Against 21Abstain 4Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

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