← Votes·2023-02-15

Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession

Enlargement65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "accession"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 152564Source: 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: Enlargement
✓Some political group division
✓Some 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+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (469 for, 104 against, 55 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

469

Against

104

Abstain

Margin of victory

365 votes

Turnout (cast)

628

Absent

Participation rate

89.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 137Against 12Abstain 15Absent 15

S&D136 MEPs

For 121Against 0Abstain 1Absent 14

Renew100 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

ECR64 MEPs

For 2Against 47Abstain 7Absent 8

PfE65 MEPs

For 3Against 29Abstain 22Absent 11

NI46 MEPs

For 15Against 14Abstain 5Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
France54
Spain50
Italy36
Romania26

Most against

Poland26
Hungary8
Czech Republic7

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Hungary
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 4Absent 4

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 2Abstain 18Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 10Abstain 2Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 2Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 29Abstain 1Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 5Abstain 1Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 21Against 26Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 50Against 5Abstain 1Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

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