← Votes·2022-09-14

Recommendation to the Commission and the Commission Vice President/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the Renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood. A new agenda for the Mediterranean

Foreign Affairs63%★

Confidence: 63%

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Vote ID 147369Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “Recommendation to the Commission and the Commission Vice President/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the Renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood. A new agenda for the Mediterranean”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE, ECR and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (488 for, 37 against, 106 abstentions).

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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

488

Against

Abstain

106

Margin of victory

451 votes

Turnout (cast)

631

Absent

Participation rate

89.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 161Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

S&D136 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Renew100 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 4Absent 10

Greens/EFA72 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

PfE67 MEPs

For 18Against 18Abstain 23Absent 8

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 41Absent 11

NI44 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 15Absent 8

The Left37 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 21Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany73
France55
Italy50
Spain48
Romania29

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 8Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 20Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 73Against 9Abstain 6Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 11Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 7Absent 19

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 1Abstain 23Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain58 MEPs

For 48Against 4Abstain 5Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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