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Amendment to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning Rule 216 on committee meetings

Institutional Affairs61%★

Confidence: 61%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "rules of procedure"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 147026Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 “Amendment to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning Rule 216 on committee meetings”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (555 for, 20 against, 63 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

555

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

535 votes

Turnout (cast)

638

Absent

Participation rate

90.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 154Against 1Abstain 7Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 120Against 1Abstain 1Absent 14

Renew101 MEPs

For 92Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 63Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

ECR63 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 43Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 52Against 2Abstain 4Absent 9

NI44 MEPs

For 26Against 3Abstain 5Absent 10

The Left38 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
France67
Italy61
Spain50
Romania28

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 67Against 1Abstain 0Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 6Abstain 7Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 61Against 1Abstain 8Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 25Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 4Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

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