← Votes·2021-12-15

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 137989Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Defence
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 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+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 “Challenges and prospects for multilateral weapons of mass destruction arms control and disarmament regimes”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (536 for, 128 against, 31 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

536

Against

128

Abstain

Margin of victory

408 votes

Turnout (cast)

695

Absent

Participation rate

98.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 176Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 133Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 99Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 2Against 66Abstain 1Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 42Against 21Abstain 4Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 54Against 4Abstain 5Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 25Against 13Abstain 5Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 2Against 21Abstain 14Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy70
Germany61
Poland51
Spain46
France37

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 37Against 36Abstain 6Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 26Abstain 4Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 6Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 70Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 51Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 9Abstain 3Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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