← Votes·2023-03-15

EU-Azerbaijan relations

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "azerbaijan"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 153385Source: 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
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “EU-Azerbaijan relations”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR and PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (475 for, 35 against, 76 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

475

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

440 votes

Turnout (cast)

586

Absent

119

Participation rate

83.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 143Against 2Abstain 3Absent 31

S&D136 MEPs

For 109Against 0Abstain 1Absent 26

Renew100 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR64 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 37Absent 6

PfE65 MEPs

For 19Against 15Abstain 20Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 23Against 2Abstain 9Absent 3

NI46 MEPs

For 10Against 12Abstain 5Absent 19

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany63
Italy59
Spain46
France45
Romania25

Most against

Hungary9

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 1Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 5Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 45Against 3Abstain 22Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 63Against 9Abstain 4Absent 20

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 1Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 59Against 1Abstain 0Absent 16

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 3Absent 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 2Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 23Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 4Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

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