← Votes·2023-03-15

Implementation report on the Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU

Vote ID 153623Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+6 / 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 “Implementation report on the Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (537 for, 43 against, 38 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

537

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

494 votes

Turnout (cast)

618

Absent

Participation rate

87.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 154Against 0Abstain 2Absent 23

S&D136 MEPs

For 118Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Renew100 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR64 MEPs

For 50Against 4Abstain 7Absent 3

PfE65 MEPs

For 6Against 26Abstain 21Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

NI46 MEPs

For 18Against 9Abstain 5Absent 14

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
France53
Spain53
Poland50
Italy44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 53Against 19Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 9Abstain 0Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 9Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 19Absent 13

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

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