← Votes·2021-03-25

New EU-Africa Strategy

Vote ID 129469Source: 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
✓Strong 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+12 / 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 “New EU-Africa Strategy”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (460 for, 64 against, 163 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

460

Against

Abstain

163

Margin of victory

396 votes

Turnout (cast)

687

Absent

Participation rate

97.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 139Against 0Abstain 33Absent 7

S&D136 MEPs

For 131Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 88Against 0Abstain 11Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 35Abstain 31Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 44Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 17Against 11Abstain 15Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 23Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
France47
Spain42
Italy39
Romania31

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 5Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 4Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 8Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 6Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 8Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 22Abstain 9Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 11Abstain 5Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 7Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 13Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 35Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 7Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 26Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 42Against 4Abstain 12Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

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