← Votes·2023-02-14

Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in municipal elections

Democracy84%★

Confidence: 84%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "elections"
title/description contains "electoral"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 152507Source: 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: Democracy
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant 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+7 / 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 “Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in municipal elections”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (504 for, 79 against, 69 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

504

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

425 votes

Turnout (cast)

652

Absent

Participation rate

92.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 163Against 0Abstain 3Absent 13

S&D136 MEPs

For 127Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew100 MEPs

For 95Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE65 MEPs

For 1Against 37Abstain 23Absent 4

ECR64 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 39Absent 5

NI46 MEPs

For 18Against 18Abstain 2Absent 8

The Left37 MEPs

For 30Against 2Abstain 1Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany80
France54
Spain51
Italy37
Romania31

Most against

Hungary11

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 1Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 2Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 21Abstain 0Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 80Against 8Abstain 2Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 33Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 5Abstain 2Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 25Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 51Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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