← Votes·2020-12-16

A new strategy for European SMEs

Vote ID 125521Source: 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
✓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+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “A new strategy for European SMEs”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Left voted mostly against. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (533 for, 58 against, 82 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

533

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

475 votes

Turnout (cast)

673

Absent

Participation rate

95.6%

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

By political group

EPP180 MEPs

For 176Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 112Against 2Abstain 0Absent 22

Renew100 MEPs

For 76Against 21Abstain 2Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 66Absent 2

PfE66 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 33Against 6Abstain 2Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 5Against 28Abstain 5Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy70
Germany50
Poland50
Spain50
Romania33

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 3Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 30Against 29Abstain 14Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 50Against 7Abstain 23Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 50Against 6Abstain 3Absent 0

Sweden20 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 7Absent 0

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