← Votes·2020-11-24

Improving development effectiveness and efficiency of aid

Vote ID 124925Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Improving development effectiveness and efficiency of aid”. EPP, Renew, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (337 for, 309 against, 54 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

337

Against

309

Abstain

Margin of victory

28 votes

Turnout (cast)

700

Absent

Participation rate

99.3%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 28 votes. 5 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (5) was not larger than the 28-vote margin.

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

EPP180 MEPs

For 159Against 15Abstain 5Absent 1

S&D136 MEPs

For 6Against 121Abstain 8Absent 1

Renew101 MEPs

For 56Against 37Abstain 7Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 5Against 65Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 37Against 8Abstain 21Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 50Against 7Abstain 5Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 17Against 19Abstain 8Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 37Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy51
Poland33
Romania22
Czech Republic16
Hungary13

Most against

Germany53
Spain35
France29
Portugal14
Austria12

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 2Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 27Against 29Abstain 23Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 42Against 53Abstain 0Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 3Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 51Against 24Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 13Abstain 3Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 33Against 17Abstain 1Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 22Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 14Against 35Abstain 10Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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