← Votes·2021-01-21

Connectivity and EU-Asia relations

Vote ID 127163Source: 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+8 / 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 “Connectivity and EU-Asia relations”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE, ECR and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (526 for, 43 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

526

Against

Abstain

119

Margin of victory

483 votes

Turnout (cast)

688

Absent

Participation rate

97.9%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 166Against 0Abstain 6Absent 6

S&D136 MEPs

For 135Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Renew100 MEPs

For 96Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

PfE67 MEPs

For 9Against 23Abstain 34Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 52Absent 3

NI44 MEPs

For 30Against 11Abstain 3Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 22Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
Spain53
France50
Italy39
Romania32

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium20 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 7Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 5Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 50Against 22Abstain 6Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 12Abstain 4Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 34Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 6Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 26Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Sweden20 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

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