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A New Industrial Strategy for Europe

Vote ID 125367Source: official EP roll-call records
79
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • Main vote
  • Legislative procedure
  • Strong political group division
  • Significant 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+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 “A New Industrial Strategy for Europe”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while Left and ESN voted mostly against. PfE and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (486 for, 109 against, 102 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
486
Against
109
Abstain
102
Margin of victory
377 votes
Turnout (cast)
697
Absent
8
Participation rate
98.9%
This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP180 MEPs
For 171Against 0Abstain 8Absent 1
S&D136 MEPs
For 131Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4
Renew101 MEPs
For 69Against 23Abstain 9Absent 0
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 69Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1
PfE66 MEPs
For 7Against 25Abstain 33Absent 1
ECR63 MEPs
For 10Against 15Abstain 38Absent 0
NI44 MEPs
For 27Against 13Abstain 3Absent 1
The Left38 MEPs
For 2Against 27Abstain 9Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany69
  • France50
  • Italy45
  • Spain43
  • Romania30
Most against
  • Czech Republic13
Divided delegations
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • France
  • Ireland
  • Netherlands
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 17Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 8Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 4Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 10Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 50Against 28Abstain 1Absent 0
Germany96 MEPs
For 69Against 19Abstain 4Absent 4
Greece21 MEPs
For 10Against 3Abstain 7Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 45Against 0Abstain 29Absent 2
Latvia8 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 17Against 10Abstain 2Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 24Against 1Abstain 26Absent 1
Portugal21 MEPs
For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 30Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 43Against 6Abstain 10Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

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