← Votes·2022-11-23

New EU strategy for enlargement

Enlargement65%★

Confidence: 65%

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Evidence:

title/description contains "enlargement"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 150162Source: 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: Enlargement
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “New EU strategy for enlargement”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and ECR voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (502 for, 75 against, 61 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

502

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

427 votes

Turnout (cast)

638

Absent

Participation rate

90.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 142Against 1Abstain 15Absent 21

S&D136 MEPs

For 124Against 1Abstain 1Absent 10

Renew100 MEPs

For 89Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE65 MEPs

For 19Against 35Abstain 6Absent 5

ECR64 MEPs

For 32Against 13Abstain 14Absent 5

NI45 MEPs

For 16Against 17Abstain 5Absent 7

The Left37 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 19Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
Italy58
Poland48
Spain45
France39

Most against

Hungary11

Divided delegations

France
Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 6Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 4Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 39Against 21Abstain 12Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 9Abstain 6Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 1Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy75 MEPs

For 58Against 1Abstain 9Absent 7

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 4Abstain 3Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 8Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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