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toutes sections

Vote ID 124595Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓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+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “toutes sections”. 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 (322 for, 305 against, 57 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

322

Against

305

Abstain

Margin of victory

17 votes

Turnout (cast)

684

Absent

Participation rate

97.2%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 17 votes. 20 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (20) was larger than the 17-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 11Against 161Abstain 2Absent 5

S&D136 MEPs

For 130Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 30Against 65Abstain 3Absent 3

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE66 MEPs

For 18Against 43Abstain 4Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 43Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 24Against 13Abstain 5Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France70
Spain33
Portugal14
Belgium11
Greece8

Most against

Germany46
Italy37
Romania20
Netherlands18
Czech Republic16

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 2Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 70Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 45Against 46Abstain 1Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 3Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 2Absent 0

Ireland12 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 37Abstain 6Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 8Against 16Abstain 27Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 20Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 3Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 33Against 21Abstain 4Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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