← Votes·2021-12-14

Challenges and prospects for multilateral weapons of mass destruction arms control and disarmament regimes

Defence & Security87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "weapons"
title/description contains "armament"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 137658Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Defence
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Challenges and prospects for multilateral weapons of mass destruction arms control and disarmament regimes”. Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (168 for, 490 against, 38 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.

Result analysis

For

168

Against

490

Abstain

Margin of victory

322 votes

Turnout (cast)

696

Absent

Participation rate

98.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 8Against 168Abstain 2Absent 1

S&D136 MEPs

For 26Against 105Abstain 3Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 12Against 87Abstain 1Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 0Against 43Abstain 24Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 60Abstain 2Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 15Against 21Abstain 6Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy27
Ireland13
Finland6
Malta4

Most against

Germany60
France57
Poland48
Spain47
Romania32

Divided delegations

Austria
Denmark
Finland
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 2Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 21Against 57Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 32Against 60Abstain 0Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 20Abstain 1Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 27Against 23Abstain 25Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 6Against 23Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 1Against 48Abstain 3Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 5Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 32Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 12Against 47Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 4Against 16Abstain 0Absent 1

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