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Request for urgent procedure: Establishing the Act in Support of Ammunition Production

Defence & Security66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "ammunition"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 155139Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓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+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “Request for urgent procedure: Establishing the Act in Support of Ammunition Production”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR and PfE voted mostly in favour, while NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (518 for, 59 against, 31 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

518

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

459 votes

Turnout (cast)

608

Absent

Participation rate

86.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 150Against 0Abstain 3Absent 26

S&D136 MEPs

For 102Against 6Abstain 8Absent 20

Renew100 MEPs

For 87Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 54Against 2Abstain 10Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 41Against 9Abstain 3Absent 11

NI46 MEPs

For 15Against 19Abstain 3Absent 9

The Left37 MEPs

For 10Against 19Abstain 3Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
France66
Italy48
Poland48
Spain44

Most against

Malta4

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Ireland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 7Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 4Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 15Abstain 1Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 1Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 6Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 48Against 10Abstain 1Absent 17

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 25Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 44Against 3Abstain 2Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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