← Votes·2021-10-20

EU-Taiwan political relations and cooperation

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "taiwan"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 136738Source: 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
✓Significant 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+12 / 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 “EU-Taiwan political relations and cooperation”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (580 for, 26 against, 66 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

580

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

554 votes

Turnout (cast)

672

Absent

Participation rate

95.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 174Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 117Against 1Abstain 7Absent 11

Renew101 MEPs

For 101Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 56Against 1Abstain 3Absent 3

PfE67 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 23Absent 8

NI44 MEPs

For 21Against 6Abstain 10Absent 7

The Left38 MEPs

For 2Against 14Abstain 21Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany83
Italy74
Spain52
France50
Poland46

Most against

Cyprus4

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 28Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 83Against 5Abstain 5Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 6Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 2Abstain 4Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

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