← Votes·2023-06-13

Macro-financial assistance to North Macedonia

Vote ID 155896Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+6 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Macro-financial assistance to North Macedonia”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (536 for, 38 against, 23 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

536

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

498 votes

Turnout (cast)

597

Absent

108

Participation rate

84.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 149Against 3Abstain 1Absent 26

S&D136 MEPs

For 116Against 1Abstain 0Absent 19

Renew100 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 49Against 6Abstain 3Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 23Against 18Abstain 6Absent 17

NI46 MEPs

For 21Against 7Abstain 6Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 26Against 3Abstain 4Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
Italy60
France51
Poland47
Spain46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 51Against 11Abstain 0Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 7Abstain 1Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 60Against 1Abstain 0Absent 15

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 6Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

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