← Votes·2023-01-18

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

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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Vote ID 151771Source: 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: Defence
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓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+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 security and defence policy - annual report 2022”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (459 for, 93 against, 85 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

459

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

366 votes

Turnout (cast)

637

Absent

Participation rate

90.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 167Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

S&D136 MEPs

For 107Against 1Abstain 6Absent 22

Renew100 MEPs

For 93Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 10Absent 5

PfE65 MEPs

For 21Against 31Abstain 7Absent 6

ECR64 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 45Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 6Against 24Abstain 7Absent 9

The Left37 MEPs

For 2Against 25Abstain 5Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany66
Italy54
France48
Spain45
Romania30

Most against

Hungary10

Divided delegations

France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 6Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 26Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 66Against 16Abstain 5Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 6Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 1Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 5Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 54Against 1Abstain 15Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 6Abstain 2Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 25Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 8Abstain 1Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

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