← Votes·2020-11-26

The EU Trade Policy Review

Trade65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "trade policy"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 125484Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 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+0 / 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 “The EU Trade Policy Review”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour. Left and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (593 for, 50 against, 50 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

593

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

543 votes

Turnout (cast)

693

Absent

Participation rate

98.3%

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

By political group

EPP180 MEPs

For 176Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 124Against 0Abstain 8Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 96Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 49Against 15Abstain 1Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 47Against 7Abstain 9Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 28Against 9Abstain 7Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 18Abstain 19Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany79
France66
Italy59
Poland51
Spain49

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 66Against 5Abstain 7Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 79Against 9Abstain 7Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 6Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 59Against 1Abstain 15Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

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