← Votes·2021-01-19

Implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy - annual report 2020

Foreign Affairs63%★

Confidence: 63%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "common foreign and security policy"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 126482Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+15 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “Implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy - annual report 2020”. Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D and Renew voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (297 for, 303 against, 80 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

297

Against

303

Abstain

Margin of victory

6 votes

Turnout (cast)

680

Absent

Participation rate

96.7%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 6 votes. 23 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (23) 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

EPP178 MEPs

For 15Against 145Abstain 12Absent 6

S&D136 MEPs

For 54Against 61Abstain 19Absent 2

Renew100 MEPs

For 39Against 57Abstain 2Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

PfE67 MEPs

For 30Against 9Abstain 25Absent 3

ECR63 MEPs

For 42Against 13Abstain 5Absent 3

NI44 MEPs

For 15Against 14Abstain 14Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France51
Italy50
Germany46
Poland26
Austria13

Most against

Spain43
Romania29
Czech Republic15
Portugal15
Hungary14

Divided delegations

Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Finland
Germany
Greece
Latvia
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium20 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 5Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 5Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 4Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 51Against 1Abstain 24Absent 3

Germany96 MEPs

For 46Against 34Abstain 13Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 5Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 50Against 22Abstain 2Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 14Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 26Against 21Abstain 2Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 29Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 13Against 43Abstain 3Absent 0

Sweden20 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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