← Votes·2021-05-18

2019-2020 Reports on Turkey

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "turkey"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 130973Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓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+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “2019-2020 Reports on Turkey”. EPP, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (325 for, 345 against, 15 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

325

Against

345

Abstain

Margin of victory

20 votes

Turnout (cast)

685

Absent

Participation rate

97.2%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 20 votes. 20 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (20) was not larger than the 20-vote margin.

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

EPP179 MEPs

For 160Against 10Abstain 4Absent 5

S&D136 MEPs

For 3Against 129Abstain 1Absent 3

Renew101 MEPs

For 6Against 91Abstain 3Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 0Against 70Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 66Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

NI44 MEPs

For 21Against 12Abstain 6Absent 5

The Left38 MEPs

For 6Against 30Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy51
Poland41
Hungary14
Czech Republic11
Austria10

Most against

Germany55
France41
Spain39
Romania19
Netherlands17

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 2Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 36Against 41Abstain 1Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 38Against 55Abstain 0Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 51Against 20Abstain 2Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 41Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 14Against 19Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 17Against 39Abstain 3Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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