← Votes·2023-04-19

Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning question time, the central rostrum, the blue-card procedure, the explanations of votes, the transparency register and the Ombudsman

Institutional Affairs61%★

Confidence: 61%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "rules of procedure"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 154161Source: 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
✓High participation

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+0 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 “Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning question time, the central rostrum, the blue-card procedure, the explanations of votes, the transparency register and the Ombudsman”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (610 for, 6 against, 2 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

610

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

604 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 158Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

S&D136 MEPs

For 117Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Renew100 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 58Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 30Against 5Abstain 1Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany85
Italy69
France64
Spain57
Poland44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 64Against 2Abstain 0Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

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