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

Vote ID 126248Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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’”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ECR and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (524 for, 67 against, 103 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

524

Against

Abstain

103

Margin of victory

457 votes

Turnout (cast)

694

Absent

Participation rate

98.6%

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

By political group

EPP180 MEPs

For 141Against 8Abstain 29Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 8Absent 2

Renew100 MEPs

For 94Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

PfE66 MEPs

For 30Against 28Abstain 7Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 6Against 16Abstain 41Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 24Against 10Abstain 7Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 32Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany82
Italy67
Spain49
France45
Netherlands23

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 7Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 8Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 45Against 25Abstain 8Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 82Against 2Abstain 10Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 67Against 1Abstain 6Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 3Abstain 25Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 19Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 6Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 5Abstain 5Absent 0

Sweden20 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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