← Votes·2020-11-25

Foreign policy consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak

Vote ID 125368Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Foreign policy consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (467 for, 80 against, 148 abstentions).

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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

467

Against

Abstain

148

Margin of victory

387 votes

Turnout (cast)

695

Absent

Participation rate

98.6%

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

By political group

EPP180 MEPs

For 162Against 0Abstain 16Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 124Against 0Abstain 8Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 95Against 1Abstain 5Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 1Against 34Abstain 30Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 52Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 15Against 13Abstain 14Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 20Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
Spain49
France42
Italy38
Romania32

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Denmark
France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 7Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 10Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 6Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 42Against 29Abstain 8Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 12Abstain 6Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 7Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 13Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 35Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 27Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 6Abstain 4Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

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