← Votes·2020-11-25

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 125375Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Democracy
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (468 for, 194 against, 34 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

468

Against

194

Abstain

Margin of victory

274 votes

Turnout (cast)

696

Absent

Participation rate

98.7%

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

By political group

EPP180 MEPs

For 154Against 10Abstain 14Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 129Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 84Against 12Abstain 5Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 58Against 8Abstain 3Absent 2

PfE66 MEPs

For 2Against 63Abstain 1Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 58Abstain 1Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 17Against 26Abstain 0Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 22Against 9Abstain 7Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
Spain48
France46
Italy39
Romania32

Most against

Poland26
Hungary13
Czech Republic10
Denmark9
Sweden8

Divided delegations

Denmark
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Netherlands
Poland
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 6Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 24Abstain 8Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 81Against 13Abstain 1Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 35Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 16Against 12Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 26Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 7Absent 0

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