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European Child Guarantee

Vote ID 130847Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
73
/ 100

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 “European Child Guarantee”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (510 for, 42 against, 139 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
510
Against
42
Abstain
139
Margin of victory
468 votes
Turnout (cast)
691
Absent
14
Participation rate
98.0%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 142Against 1Abstain 33Absent 3
S&D136 MEPs
For 132Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4
Renew101 MEPs
For 89Against 4Abstain 8Absent 0
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 66Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1
PfE67 MEPs
For 9Against 16Abstain 41Absent 1
ECR63 MEPs
For 2Against 9Abstain 50Absent 2
NI44 MEPs
For 31Against 6Abstain 5Absent 2
The Left38 MEPs
For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany58
  • France56
  • Spain55
  • Italy41
  • Romania32
Most against

None.

Divided delegations
  • Denmark
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 15Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 10Against 4Abstain 7Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 8Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1
France79 MEPs
For 56Against 0Abstain 23Absent 0
Germany96 MEPs
For 58Against 13Abstain 22Absent 3
Greece21 MEPs
For 16Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2
Hungary21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 41Against 0Abstain 33Absent 2
Latvia8 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 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 17Against 3Abstain 8Absent 1
Poland52 MEPs
For 24Against 0Abstain 26Absent 2
Portugal21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 55Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 11Against 3Abstain 7Absent 0

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