← Votes·2023-05-09

Critical technologies for security and defence

Defence & Security66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "defence"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 154630Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Defence
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “Critical technologies for security and defence”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (520 for, 76 against, 31 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

520

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

444 votes

Turnout (cast)

627

Absent

Participation rate

88.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 157Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

S&D136 MEPs

For 115Against 4Abstain 3Absent 14

Renew100 MEPs

For 89Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 9Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 55Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 27Against 29Abstain 0Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 12Abstain 9Absent 9

The Left37 MEPs

For 3Against 21Abstain 9Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany75
Italy57
Poland48
France46
Spain44

Most against

Malta4

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 6Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 20Abstain 5Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 75Against 14Abstain 2Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 3Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 57Against 1Abstain 8Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 44Against 3Abstain 2Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

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