← Votes·2023-04-18

Institutional relations between the EU and the Council of Europe

Vote ID 154226Source: 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
✓Strong 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+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Institutional relations between the EU and the Council of Europe”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (494 for, 76 against, 76 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

494

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

418 votes

Turnout (cast)

646

Absent

Participation rate

91.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 154Against 0Abstain 8Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew100 MEPs

For 97Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE64 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 45Absent 2

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 49Abstain 9Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 9Abstain 11Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
Spain53
France49
Italy39
Romania26

Most against

Poland25

Divided delegations

Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 49Against 3Abstain 22Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 81Against 10Abstain 0Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 1Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 12Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 32Absent 5

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 25Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 53Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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