← Votes·2023-03-15

European Semester for economic policy coordination 2023

Economy & Finance63%★

Confidence: 63%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "economic policy"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 153354Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “European Semester for economic policy coordination 2023”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and ECR voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (486 for, 87 against, 57 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

486

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

399 votes

Turnout (cast)

630

Absent

Participation rate

89.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 155Against 3Abstain 3Absent 18

S&D136 MEPs

For 118Against 1Abstain 0Absent 17

Renew100 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 7Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

ECR64 MEPs

For 42Against 11Abstain 7Absent 4

PfE65 MEPs

For 6Against 27Abstain 22Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 1Against 27Abstain 6Absent 3

NI46 MEPs

For 11Against 12Abstain 10Absent 13

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany67
Poland48
France46
Spain44
Italy39

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 26Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 67Against 14Abstain 6Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 6Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 9Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 26Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 5Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 44Against 6Abstain 1Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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