← Votes·2023-03-15

Recommendation to the Council taking stock of the functioning of the EEAS and for a stronger EU in the world

Vote ID 153753Source: 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
✓Significant 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+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Recommendation to the Council taking stock of the functioning of the EEAS and for a stronger EU in the world”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (451 for, 133 against, 48 abstentions).

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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

451

Against

133

Abstain

Margin of victory

318 votes

Turnout (cast)

632

Absent

Participation rate

89.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 155Against 1Abstain 6Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 116Against 1Abstain 3Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

ECR64 MEPs

For 0Against 47Abstain 14Absent 3

PfE65 MEPs

For 1Against 34Abstain 20Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 7Against 23Abstain 4Absent 3

NI46 MEPs

For 10Against 22Abstain 1Absent 13

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
France46
Spain44
Italy35
Romania30

Most against

Poland26
Hungary9

Divided delegations

France
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 26Abstain 1Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 13Abstain 2Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 1Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 35Against 1Abstain 29Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 26Abstain 1Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 44Against 7Abstain 2Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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