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Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning Rule 7 on defence of privileges and immunity and Rule 9 on procedures on immunity

Defence & Security66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "defence"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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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 151592Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Defence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 “Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning Rule 7 on defence of privileges and immunity and Rule 9 on procedures on immunity”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (610 for, 26 against, 9 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

610

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

584 votes

Turnout (cast)

645

Absent

Participation rate

91.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 166Against 0Abstain 1Absent 12

S&D136 MEPs

For 125Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Renew100 MEPs

For 94Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

PfE65 MEPs

For 44Against 16Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR64 MEPs

For 51Against 5Abstain 1Absent 7

NI46 MEPs

For 29Against 2Abstain 7Absent 8

The Left37 MEPs

For 31Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany91
Italy67
Spain55
France53
Poland47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 53Against 18Abstain 3Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs