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Thursday's Agenda - Request from the PPE Group

Vote ID 151086Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+0 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+15 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “Thursday's Agenda - Request from the PPE Group”. EPP, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (176 for, 178 against, 21 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

176

Against

178

Abstain

Margin of victory

2 votes

Turnout (cast)

375

Absent

330

Participation rate

53.2%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 2 votes. 330 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (330) was larger than the 2-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 96 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
S&Dhad 55 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
ECRhad 42 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
Renewhad 37 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
PfEhad 32 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
NIhad 25 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
Greens-EFAhad 20 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
Lefthad 19 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
ESNhad 3 absent MEPs (margin was 2)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Germany (44 absent)Italy (35 absent)Poland (31 absent)France (30 absent)Spain (27 absent)Greece (14 absent)Romania (14 absent)Czech Republic (12 absent)Bulgaria (11 absent)Denmark (10 absent)Austria (9 absent)Hungary (9 absent)Lithuania (9 absent)Finland (8 absent)Latvia (8 absent)Netherlands (8 absent)Slovakia (7 absent)Belgium (6 absent)Estonia (6 absent)Ireland (6 absent)Croatia (5 absent)Cyprus (5 absent)Portugal (5 absent)Sweden (5 absent)Malta (3 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 79Against 4Abstain 0Absent 96

S&D137 MEPs

For 8Against 72Abstain 2Absent 55

Renew100 MEPs

For 6Against 57Abstain 0Absent 37

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

PfE65 MEPs

For 3Against 29Abstain 1Absent 32

ECR64 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 13Absent 42

NI45 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 5Absent 25

The Left37 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 19

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany31
Hungary9
Poland8
Sweden8
Czech Republic5

Most against

France27
Italy26
Spain17
Netherlands12
Romania10

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Lithuania
Luxembourg

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 1Absent 9

Belgium21 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 2Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 11

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 2Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 12

Denmark14 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

France79 MEPs

For 22Against 27Abstain 0Absent 30

Germany96 MEPs

For 31Against 18Abstain 3Absent 44

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 2Absent 14

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland13 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Italy76 MEPs

For 11Against 26Abstain 4Absent 35

Latvia8 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 0Absent 8

Poland52 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 6Absent 31

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 14

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 15Against 17Abstain 0Absent 27

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Individual MEP positions

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