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

Defence & Security66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "defence"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 127029Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Defence
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+15 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 Security and Defence Policy - annual report 2020”. EPP, S&D and Renew voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (387 for, 180 against, 119 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

387

Against

180

Abstain

119

Margin of victory

207 votes

Turnout (cast)

686

Absent

Participation rate

97.6%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 160Against 2Abstain 12Absent 4

S&D136 MEPs

For 98Against 20Abstain 13Absent 5

Renew100 MEPs

For 88Against 1Abstain 9Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 6Against 62Abstain 2Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 8Against 29Abstain 28Absent 2

ECR63 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 43Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 16Against 20Abstain 7Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 32Abstain 5Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Spain41
Romania31
Hungary21
Czech Republic18
Netherlands18

Most against

Germany55
France40
Austria11
Ireland6

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Netherlands
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium20 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 7Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 38Against 40Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 36Against 55Abstain 1Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 6Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 5Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 19Against 4Abstain 51Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 10Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 26Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 12Abstain 4Absent 2

Sweden20 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

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