← Votes·2020-11-24

Stocktaking of European elections

Democracy64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "elections"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 124950Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Democracy
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “Stocktaking of European elections”. EPP, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (344 for, 333 against, 18 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

344

Against

333

Abstain

Margin of victory

11 votes

Turnout (cast)

695

Absent

Participation rate

98.6%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 11 votes. 10 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (10) was not larger than the 11-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 18Abstain 0Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 9Against 119Abstain 5Absent 3

Renew101 MEPs

For 10Against 87Abstain 4Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 3Against 66Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE66 MEPs

For 65Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 61Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 20Against 21Abstain 2Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 14Against 17Abstain 7Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy42
Poland38
Romania17
Hungary13
Sweden13

Most against

Germany50
France48
Spain35
Netherlands16
Belgium11

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Finland
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 31Against 48Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 40Against 50Abstain 4Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 42Against 33Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 38Against 12Abstain 1Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 17Against 35Abstain 5Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs