← Votes·2022-06-08

Security in the Eastern Partnership area and the role of Common Security and Defence Policy

Defence & Security66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "defence"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 143644Source: 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
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Security in the Eastern Partnership area and the role of Common Security and Defence Policy”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE and NI voted mostly in favour, while Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (490 for, 59 against, 38 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

490

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

431 votes

Turnout (cast)

587

Absent

118

Participation rate

83.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 155Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

S&D136 MEPs

For 100Against 1Abstain 6Absent 29

Renew101 MEPs

For 89Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 58Against 1Abstain 6Absent 6

ECR63 MEPs

For 50Against 1Abstain 3Absent 9

PfE67 MEPs

For 24Against 16Abstain 8Absent 19

The Left38 MEPs

For 2Against 25Abstain 6Absent 5

NI44 MEPs

For 11Against 11Abstain 9Absent 13

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
Italy55
Spain48
France44
Poland44

Most against

Greece7

Divided delegations

Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 44Against 13Abstain 3Absent 19

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 13Abstain 2Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 7Absent 11

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 9Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 2Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 5Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

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