← Votes·2023-03-30

European Year of Skills 2023

Education64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "skills"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 153918Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+6 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 Year of Skills 2023”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (524 for, 33 against, 24 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

524

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

491 votes

Turnout (cast)

581

Absent

124

Participation rate

82.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 141Against 0Abstain 0Absent 38

S&D136 MEPs

For 118Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Renew100 MEPs

For 87Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR64 MEPs

For 42Against 9Abstain 4Absent 9

PfE65 MEPs

For 22Against 16Abstain 11Absent 16

NI46 MEPs

For 25Against 6Abstain 3Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 3Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany69
Italy63
France49
Poland48
Spain43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

France79 MEPs

For 49Against 16Abstain 0Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 11Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 4Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

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