← Votes·2021-10-06

The future of EU-US relations

Vote ID 136000Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓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+7 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 future of EU-US relations”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, Greens-EFA and ECR voted mostly in favour, while Left and ESN voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (550 for, 83 against, 55 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

550

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

467 votes

Turnout (cast)

688

Absent

Participation rate

97.7%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 172Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

S&D136 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 9Absent 7

Renew101 MEPs

For 101Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

PfE67 MEPs

For 27Against 26Abstain 14Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 63Against 1Abstain 3Absent 4

ECR63 MEPs

For 51Against 6Abstain 6Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 12Against 13Abstain 18Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 2Against 32Abstain 4Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany75
Italy74
Poland52
Spain44
France43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 43Against 30Abstain 6Absent 0

Germany95 MEPs

For 75Against 11Abstain 5Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 9Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 13Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 44Against 6Abstain 7Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

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