← Votes·2023-04-18

The implementation of civilian CSDP and other EU civilian security assistance

Vote ID 154243Source: 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
✓Some 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+12 / 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 “The implementation of civilian CSDP and other EU civilian security assistance”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (493 for, 81 against, 66 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

493

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

412 votes

Turnout (cast)

640

Absent

Participation rate

90.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 161Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

S&D136 MEPs

For 121Against 0Abstain 1Absent 14

Renew100 MEPs

For 97Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE64 MEPs

For 24Against 32Abstain 6Absent 2

ECR65 MEPs

For 4Against 12Abstain 40Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 11Against 14Abstain 10Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 6Against 19Abstain 9Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany76
Italy62
Spain48
France47
Romania26

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Cyprus

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 20Abstain 6Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 76Against 13Abstain 2Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 11Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 62Against 1Abstain 7Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 25Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

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