← Votes·2022-07-04

Agenda of Wednesday - Request from the ID group (Commission's use of external consultants)

Vote ID 146886Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some political group division
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+0 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Agenda of Wednesday - Request from the ID group (Commission's use of external consultants)”. PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, Left and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (35 for, 272 against, 15 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

Against

272

Abstain

Margin of victory

237 votes

Turnout (cast)

322

Absent

383

Participation rate

45.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 0Against 71Abstain 0Absent 108

S&D136 MEPs

For 0Against 62Abstain 1Absent 73

Renew101 MEPs

For 1Against 60Abstain 0Absent 40

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 1Against 40Abstain 1Absent 29

PfE67 MEPs

For 27Against 2Abstain 1Absent 37

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 4Absent 39

The Left38 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 7Absent 17

NI44 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 1Absent 37

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

None.

Most against

Germany43
France34
Spain23
Poland20
Netherlands17

Divided delegations

Ireland
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 0Absent 11

Belgium21 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 7

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 13

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 1Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 11

Denmark14 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Finland14 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 12

France79 MEPs

For 14Against 34Abstain 1Absent 30

Germany96 MEPs

For 4Against 43Abstain 3Absent 46

Greece21 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 0Absent 13

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 18

Ireland13 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 8

Italy76 MEPs

For 10Against 14Abstain 0Absent 52

Latvia8 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 7

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 0Against 17Abstain 2Absent 10

Poland52 MEPs

For 2Against 20Abstain 1Absent 29

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 11

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 15Abstain 1Absent 17

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 4Absent 32

Sweden21 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 10

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