← Votes·2023-02-16

An EU strategy to boost industrial competitiveness, trade and quality jobs

Vote ID 153265Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 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 “An EU strategy to boost industrial competitiveness, trade and quality jobs”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (310 for, 155 against, 100 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

310

Against

155

Abstain

100

Margin of victory

155 votes

Turnout (cast)

565

Absent

140

Participation rate

80.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 41Against 77Abstain 24Absent 37

S&D136 MEPs

For 106Against 1Abstain 2Absent 27

Renew100 MEPs

For 71Against 2Abstain 9Absent 18

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR64 MEPs

For 1Against 41Abstain 9Absent 13

PfE65 MEPs

For 0Against 18Abstain 28Absent 19

NI46 MEPs

For 13Against 11Abstain 8Absent 14

The Left37 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 16Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France42
Spain42
Germany36
Portugal18
Netherlands14

Most against

Poland25
Sweden10
Bulgaria6
Croatia6
Czech Republic6

Divided delegations

Croatia
Czech Republic
Germany
Latvia
Netherlands
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 4Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 4Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 5Absent 5

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 3Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 42Against 12Abstain 9Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 36Against 32Abstain 9Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 6Absent 9

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 22Against 7Abstain 29Absent 18

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 14Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 10Against 25Abstain 11Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 42Against 4Abstain 4Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 1Absent 2

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