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A European strategy for critical raw materials

Internal Market85%★

Confidence: 85%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

dossier "critical raw materials" implies this topic

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Environment60%

Confidence: 60%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

dossier "critical raw materials" implies this topic

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 137283Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “A European strategy for critical raw materials”. S&D, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (308 for, 326 against, 53 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

308

Against

326

Abstain

Margin of victory

18 votes

Turnout (cast)

687

Absent

Participation rate

97.5%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 18 votes. 18 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (18) was not larger than the 18-vote margin.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 11Against 163Abstain 3Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 128Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew101 MEPs

For 42Against 56Abstain 0Absent 3

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 0Against 59Abstain 6Absent 2

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 20Abstain 42Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 19Against 20Abstain 2Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France48
Germany46
Spain31
Portugal12
Belgium9

Most against

Italy47
Romania22
Netherlands16
Hungary13
Czech Republic12

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 8Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 30Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 46Against 46Abstain 1Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 47Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 10Against 16Abstain 2Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 10Against 15Abstain 27Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 22Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 31Against 19Abstain 4Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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