← Votes·2023-04-19

EU Rapid Deployment Capacity, EU Battlegroups and Article 44 TEU: the way forward

Vote ID 154279Source: 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+10 / 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 “EU Rapid Deployment Capacity, EU Battlegroups and Article 44 TEU: the way forward”. 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 (444 for, 96 against, 86 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

444

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

348 votes

Turnout (cast)

626

Absent

Participation rate

88.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 154Against 1Abstain 3Absent 21

S&D136 MEPs

For 114Against 3Abstain 1Absent 18

Renew100 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 60Against 1Abstain 7Absent 3

PfE64 MEPs

For 3Against 32Abstain 27Absent 2

ECR65 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 35Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 10Against 15Abstain 11Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 2Against 27Abstain 2Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany71
Spain49
France45
Italy36
Romania26

Most against

Malta3
Cyprus2

Divided delegations

France
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 45Against 25Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 71Against 13Abstain 2Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 2Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 13Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 1Abstain 31Absent 8

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 21Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 4Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

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