← Votes·2021-10-06

State of EU cyber defence capabilities

Defence & Security66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "defence"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 136003Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Defence
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “State of EU cyber defence capabilities”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (591 for, 65 against, 26 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

591

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

526 votes

Turnout (cast)

682

Absent

Participation rate

96.9%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 173Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

S&D136 MEPs

For 128Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Renew101 MEPs

For 100Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 42Against 18Abstain 7Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

ECR63 MEPs

For 52Against 3Abstain 8Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 28Against 10Abstain 3Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 2Against 32Abstain 4Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
Italy74
Spain53
Poland52
France49

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

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 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 49Against 29Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany95 MEPs

For 81Against 5Abstain 0Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 7Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 53Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

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