← Votes·2023-03-29

Wednesday’s Agenda - Request from The Left group

Vote ID 154140Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Wednesday’s Agenda - Request from The Left group”. S&D, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (191 for, 237 against, 4 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

191

Against

237

Abstain

Margin of victory

46 votes

Turnout (cast)

432

Absent

273

Participation rate

61.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 2Against 98Abstain 1Absent 78

S&D136 MEPs

For 88Against 2Abstain 0Absent 46

Renew100 MEPs

For 4Against 59Abstain 2Absent 35

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

PfE65 MEPs

For 3Against 38Abstain 0Absent 24

ECR64 MEPs

For 0Against 33Abstain 1Absent 30

The Left37 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 26

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Spain28
Germany24
Portugal11
Belgium8
Greece8

Most against

France34
Italy31
Poland21
Netherlands14
Hungary11

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 10

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 8

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 10

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 9

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Finland14 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

France79 MEPs

For 18Against 34Abstain 0Absent 27

Germany96 MEPs

For 24Against 20Abstain 0Absent 52

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 1Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 22Against 31Abstain 1Absent 22

Latvia8 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 9

Poland52 MEPs

For 4Against 21Abstain 0Absent 27

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 0Absent 17

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 28Against 17Abstain 0Absent 14

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

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