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Cohesion policy: promoting innovative and smart transformation and regional ICT connectivity

Taxation65%★

Confidence: 65%

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Vote ID 140228Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 “Cohesion policy: promoting innovative and smart transformation and regional ICT connectivity”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (644 for, 9 against, 43 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

644

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

635 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 174Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

S&D136 MEPs

For 135Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Renew101 MEPs

For 100Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 35Against 1Abstain 31Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 52Against 4Abstain 6Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 36Against 4Abstain 4Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany96
France79
Spain54
Italy53
Poland52

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 6Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 79Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 96Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Greece21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 23Absent 0

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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