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The role of the EU's development cooperation and humanitarian assistance in addressing the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic

Health65%★

Confidence: 65%

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Evidence:

title/description contains "pandemic"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 134333Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 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 “The role of the EU's development cooperation and humanitarian assistance in addressing the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic”. EPP, S&D, Renew and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (443 for, 40 against, 209 abstentions).

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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

443

Against

Abstain

209

Margin of victory

403 votes

Turnout (cast)

692

Absent

Participation rate

98.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 162Against 1Abstain 9Absent 7

S&D136 MEPs

For 132Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 100Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 61Absent 0

PfE67 MEPs

For 8Against 17Abstain 42Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 48Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 23Against 7Abstain 12Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 36Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany53
Spain34
Romania31
Hungary21
Netherlands18

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 4Absent 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 2Abstain 5Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 40Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 53Against 10Abstain 31Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 7Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 37Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 5Abstain 6Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 28Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 34Against 5Abstain 19Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

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