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EU sports policy: assessment and possible ways forward

Vote ID 137370Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
66
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓Some political group division
  • ✓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+6 / 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 “EU sports policy: assessment and possible ways forward”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (597 for, 36 against, 55 abstentions).

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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
597
Against
36
Abstain
55
Margin of victory
561 votes
Turnout (cast)
688
Absent
17
Participation rate
97.6%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 169Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2
S&D136 MEPs
For 126Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7
Renew101 MEPs
For 98Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
PfE67 MEPs
For 27Against 8Abstain 31Absent 1
ECR63 MEPs
For 46Against 13Abstain 4Absent 0
NI44 MEPs
For 24Against 6Abstain 11Absent 3
The Left38 MEPs
For 35Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany84
  • Italy75
  • France56
  • Poland52
  • Spain49
Most against

None.

Divided delegations
  • Sweden
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 15Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 56Against 0Abstain 23Absent 0
Germany96 MEPs
For 84Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3
Greece21 MEPs
For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3
Hungary21 MEPs
For 9Against 0Abstain 12Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 75Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Latvia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 21Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1
Poland52 MEPs
For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Portugal21 MEPs
For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3
Romania33 MEPs
For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 49Against 4Abstain 1Absent 5
Sweden21 MEPs
For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

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