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Recommendation to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning the Implementation and governance of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)

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 121828Source: official EP roll-call records
87
/ 100

Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

  • Main vote
  • Legislative procedure
  • Very fragmented political vote
  • Significant 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+7 / 10
Group division+15 / 15
Country division+12 / 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 and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning the Implementation and governance of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left and ESN voted mostly against. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (464 for, 90 against, 137 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
464
Against
90
Abstain
137
Margin of victory
374 votes
Turnout (cast)
691
Absent
12
Participation rate
98.3%
This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 166Against 0Abstain 11Absent 2
S&D135 MEPs
For 122Against 0Abstain 8Absent 5
Renew101 MEPs
For 95Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 4Against 3Abstain 64Absent 0
PfE66 MEPs
For 8Against 31Abstain 26Absent 1
ECR63 MEPs
For 48Against 11Abstain 3Absent 1
NI44 MEPs
For 18Against 13Abstain 10Absent 3
The Left38 MEPs
For 1Against 29Abstain 8Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany52
  • Poland49
  • Spain43
  • France39
  • Romania33
Most against
  • Ireland6
Divided delegations
  • France
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 9Against 4Abstain 6Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 14Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 8Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 8Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 39Against 27Abstain 12Absent 1
Germany96 MEPs
For 52Against 17Abstain 25Absent 2
Greece21 MEPs
For 12Against 2Abstain 6Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Ireland12 MEPs
For 2Against 6Abstain 4Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 32Against 0Abstain 42Absent 2
Latvia8 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Malta5 MEPs
For 2Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 18Against 6Abstain 5Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 49Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2
Portugal21 MEPs
For 16Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 43Against 3Abstain 12Absent 1
Sweden21 MEPs
For 11Against 4Abstain 5Absent 1

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