← Votes·2022-09-15

The situation in the Strait of Taiwan

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "taiwan"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 148243Source: 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
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 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 “The situation in the Strait of Taiwan”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (424 for, 14 against, 46 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

424

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

410 votes

Turnout (cast)

484

Absent

221

Participation rate

68.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 119Against 1Abstain 1Absent 58

S&D136 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 2Absent 49

Renew101 MEPs

For 79Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

Greens/EFA72 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR63 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 2Absent 20

PfE67 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 19Absent 27

The Left37 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 15Absent 10

NI44 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 6Absent 24

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany65
France46
Italy40
Poland40
Spain28

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 2Absent 4

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 17Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 65Against 2Abstain 12Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 1Absent 19

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 0Absent 36

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 28Against 2Abstain 3Absent 26

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

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