← Votes·2023-01-18

Implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2022

Foreign Affairs63%★

Confidence: 63%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "common foreign and security policy"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 151701Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant 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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “Implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2022”. EPP, S&D and Renew voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. Greens-EFA and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (407 for, 92 against, 142 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

407

Against

Abstain

142

Margin of victory

315 votes

Turnout (cast)

641

Absent

Participation rate

90.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 151Against 0Abstain 16Absent 12

S&D136 MEPs

For 111Against 1Abstain 6Absent 18

Renew100 MEPs

For 93Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 46Absent 5

PfE65 MEPs

For 21Against 35Abstain 4Absent 5

ECR64 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 47Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 6Against 21Abstain 10Absent 9

The Left37 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 10Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany58
Italy53
Spain42
France30
Romania27

Most against

Hungary11

Divided delegations

France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 8Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 6Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 6Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 30Against 27Abstain 17Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 58Against 14Abstain 17Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 6Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 1Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 5Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 53Against 1Abstain 16Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 5Abstain 5Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 26Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 42Against 8Abstain 4Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 4Absent 3

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