← Votes·2023-02-14

Union's rights in enforcing and implementing the UK Withdrawal Agreement and the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

Vote ID 152653Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Union's rights in enforcing and implementing the UK Withdrawal Agreement and the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. Greens-EFA and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (555 for, 13 against, 81 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

555

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

542 votes

Turnout (cast)

649

Absent

Participation rate

92.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 164Against 0Abstain 1Absent 14

S&D136 MEPs

For 128Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew100 MEPs

For 94Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 63Absent 4

PfE65 MEPs

For 47Against 6Abstain 7Absent 5

ECR64 MEPs

For 56Against 1Abstain 2Absent 5

NI46 MEPs

For 32Against 5Abstain 1Absent 8

The Left37 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 5Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy66
France59
Germany59
Poland49
Spain49

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 6Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 6Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 5Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 59Against 1Abstain 12Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 59Against 8Abstain 23Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 3Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 6Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs