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Improving development effectiveness and efficiency of aid

Vote ID 125369Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
88
/ 100

Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓Strong 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+25 / 25
Close vote+6 / 15
Legislative+15 / 15
Rebel votes+10 / 10
Group division+12 / 15
Country division+15 / 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, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (331 for, 294 against, 72 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
331
Against
294
Abstain
72
Margin of victory
37 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 172Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1
S&D136 MEPs
For 5Against 125Abstain 2Absent 4
Renew101 MEPs
For 58Against 25Abstain 18Absent 0
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 1Against 69Abstain 0Absent 1
PfE66 MEPs
For 58Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1
ECR63 MEPs
For 11Against 7Abstain 45Absent 0
NI44 MEPs
For 22Against 18Abstain 3Absent 1
The Left38 MEPs
For 0Against 38Abstain 0Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • France50
  • Italy37
  • Romania22
  • Hungary16
  • Czech Republic12
Most against
  • Germany45
  • Spain37
  • Netherlands16
  • Portugal13
  • Austria12
Divided delegations
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 7Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 6Against 7Abstain 8Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 7Against 5Abstain 5Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 6Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 12Against 4Abstain 5Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 50Against 28Abstain 1Absent 0
Germany96 MEPs
For 39Against 45Abstain 8Absent 4
Greece21 MEPs
For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 16Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 37Against 31Abstain 6Absent 2
Latvia8 MEPs
For 4Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 5Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 13Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 17Against 8Abstain 26Absent 1
Portugal21 MEPs
For 7Against 13Abstain 1Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 22Against 10Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 5Against 4Abstain 5Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 5Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 22Against 37Abstain 0Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

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