← Votes·2020-11-13

InvestEU Programme

Vote ID 124868Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 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+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 “InvestEU Programme”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE and ECR voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, NI and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (480 for, 142 against, 64 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

480

Against

142

Abstain

Margin of victory

338 votes

Turnout (cast)

686

Absent

Participation rate

97.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 169Against 2Abstain 2Absent 6

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 5Abstain 1Absent 7

Renew101 MEPs

For 93Against 1Abstain 6Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 1Against 67Abstain 2Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 26Against 18Abstain 22Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 48Against 13Abstain 2Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 15Against 18Abstain 10Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 19Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy71
Germany48
Poland48
Spain42
Romania33

Most against

Hungary13

Divided delegations

Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Netherlands
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 31Against 24Abstain 24Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 48Against 39Abstain 3Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 5Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland12 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 71Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 6Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 42Against 5Abstain 10Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

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