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The European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe’

Vote ID 125828Source: official EP roll-call records
57
/ 100

Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • Strong political group division
  • Significant national delegation divergence
  • Very close result
  • High participation
  • Many MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+0 / 15
Turnout+5 / 5
Vote type+0 / 25
Close vote+15 / 15
Legislative+0 / 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 “The European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe’”. S&D, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew and PfE voted mostly against. ECR and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (310 for, 304 against, 78 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For
310
Against
304
Abstain
78
Margin of victory
6 votes
Turnout (cast)
692
Absent
12
Participation rate
98.3%
⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 6 votes. 12 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (12) was larger than the 6-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP180 MEPs
For 21Against 151Abstain 5Absent 3
S&D136 MEPs
For 126Against 4Abstain 4Absent 2
Renew100 MEPs
For 24Against 75Abstain 0Absent 1
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 68Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2
PfE66 MEPs
For 7Against 44Abstain 14Absent 1
ECR63 MEPs
For 11Against 11Abstain 40Absent 1
NI44 MEPs
For 23Against 11Abstain 8Absent 2
The Left38 MEPs
For 29Against 4Abstain 5Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 1Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany46
  • Spain34
  • Hungary20
  • Austria15
  • Portugal14
Most against
  • France56
  • Italy36
  • Romania19
  • Netherlands17
  • Belgium12
Divided delegations
  • Belgium
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Germany
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Latvia
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 15Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 9Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 3Against 6Abstain 7Absent 1
Croatia12 MEPs
For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 8Against 10Abstain 2Absent 1
Denmark14 MEPs
For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1
Estonia7 MEPs
For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1
France79 MEPs
For 21Against 56Abstain 1Absent 1
Germany96 MEPs
For 46Against 36Abstain 11Absent 3
Greece21 MEPs
For 1Against 10Abstain 10Absent 0
Hungary21 MEPs
For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Ireland13 MEPs
For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 32Against 36Abstain 6Absent 2
Latvia8 MEPs
For 3Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 11Against 17Abstain 1Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 10Against 14Abstain 27Absent 1
Portugal21 MEPs
For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 13Against 19Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 6Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 34Against 21Abstain 4Absent 0
Sweden20 MEPs
For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

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