← Votes·2023-03-15

Adequate minimum income ensuring active inclusion

Vote ID 152804Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+15 / 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 “Adequate minimum income ensuring active inclusion”. S&D, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (282 for, 268 against, 75 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

282

Against

268

Abstain

Margin of victory

14 votes

Turnout (cast)

625

Absent

Participation rate

88.6%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 14 votes. 80 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (80) was larger than the 14-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

S&Dhad 20 absent MEPs (margin was 14)
EPPhad 17 absent MEPs (margin was 14)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 6Against 150Abstain 6Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 116Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

Renew100 MEPs

For 36Against 55Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR64 MEPs

For 4Against 12Abstain 45Absent 3

PfE65 MEPs

For 0Against 41Abstain 14Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

NI46 MEPs

For 18Against 6Abstain 9Absent 13

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France44
Spain29
Portugal14
Belgium9
Austria7

Most against

Germany42
Italy29
Romania19
Czech Republic14
Netherlands12

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 3Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 44Against 29Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 41Against 42Abstain 2Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 2Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 9Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 26Against 29Abstain 9Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 10Against 12Abstain 4Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 14Abstain 26Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 19Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 29Against 20Abstain 4Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

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