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Amendments to Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Institutional Affairs61%★
Confidence: 61%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "rules of procedure"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Vote ID 134870Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
87
/ 100

Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓Strong political group division
  • ✓Significant national delegation divergence
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Many MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+5 / 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+15 / 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 “Amendments to Parliament's Rules of Procedure”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. EPP mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (353 for, 125 against, 211 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
353
Against
125
Abstain
211
Margin of victory
228 votes
Turnout (cast)
689
Absent
16
Participation rate
97.7%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 11Against 4Abstain 158Absent 6
S&D136 MEPs
For 130Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4
Renew101 MEPs
For 89Against 0Abstain 11Absent 1
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 65Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2
PfE67 MEPs
For 0Against 40Abstain 26Absent 1
ECR63 MEPs
For 2Against 58Abstain 2Absent 1
NI44 MEPs
For 21Against 16Abstain 6Absent 1
The Left38 MEPs
For 35Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • France48
  • Germany48
  • Spain42
  • Netherlands17
  • Romania17
Most against
  • Poland27
  • Hungary12
  • Czech Republic10
Divided delegations
  • Hungary
  • Slovakia
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 9Against 3Abstain 7Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 11Against 4Abstain 4Absent 2
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 8Against 2Abstain 7Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 2Against 10Abstain 9Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1
Estonia7 MEPs
For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 10Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 48Against 22Abstain 8Absent 1
Germany96 MEPs
For 48Against 12Abstain 36Absent 0
Greece21 MEPs
For 8Against 1Abstain 11Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 8Against 12Abstain 1Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 31Against 8Abstain 36Absent 1
Latvia8 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 5Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 17Against 6Abstain 6Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 8Against 27Abstain 13Absent 4
Portugal21 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 9Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 17Against 2Abstain 13Absent 1
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 5Against 3Abstain 6Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 4Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 42Against 5Abstain 11Absent 1
Sweden21 MEPs
For 12Against 2Abstain 5Absent 2

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