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The European Education Area: a shared holistic approach

Education64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "education"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 136959Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+4 / 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 “The European Education Area: a shared holistic approach”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (483 for, 25 against, 52 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

483

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

458 votes

Turnout (cast)

560

Absent

145

Participation rate

79.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 140Against 0Abstain 2Absent 37

S&D136 MEPs

For 111Against 0Abstain 2Absent 23

Renew101 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

PfE67 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 37Absent 17

ECR63 MEPs

For 30Against 11Abstain 5Absent 17

The Left38 MEPs

For 30Against 2Abstain 2Absent 4

NI44 MEPs

For 23Against 3Abstain 4Absent 14

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
France51
Italy44
Spain42
Poland41

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 2Absent 6

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 17Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 6Abstain 0Absent 26

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 23Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 5Abstain 1Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 42Against 1Abstain 0Absent 16

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 7

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