← Votes·2022-07-06

The EU and the defence of multilateralism

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 146585Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓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+15 / 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 “The EU and the defence of multilateralism”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (454 for, 73 against, 112 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

454

Against

Abstain

112

Margin of victory

381 votes

Turnout (cast)

639

Absent

Participation rate

90.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 151Against 0Abstain 13Absent 15

S&D136 MEPs

For 119Against 0Abstain 5Absent 12

Renew101 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 4Absent 7

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 15Abstain 44Absent 3

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 31Abstain 23Absent 12

NI44 MEPs

For 13Against 16Abstain 6Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 15Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany73
Spain48
France41
Italy37
Romania28

Most against

Hungary9

Divided delegations

Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 8Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 41Against 15Abstain 12Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 73Against 8Abstain 7Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 1Abstain 30Absent 8

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 25Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 3Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 4Abstain 3Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

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