← Votes·2023-07-11

Implementation of “passerelle” clauses in the EU Treaties

Vote ID 156746Source: 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
✓Some 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+3 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+15 / 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 “Implementation of “passerelle” clauses in the EU Treaties”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (347 for, 241 against, 46 abstentions).

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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

347

Against

241

Abstain

Margin of victory

106 votes

Turnout (cast)

634

Absent

Participation rate

89.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 81Against 60Abstain 24Absent 14

S&D136 MEPs

For 102Against 14Abstain 1Absent 19

Renew100 MEPs

For 77Against 8Abstain 10Absent 5

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 58Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 58Abstain 0Absent 7

The Left37 MEPs

For 10Against 18Abstain 7Absent 2

NI46 MEPs

For 13Against 18Abstain 2Absent 13

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany78
France41
Italy37
Spain31
Romania15

Most against

Poland38
Netherlands12
Hungary11
Portugal11
Sweden11

Divided delegations

Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Ireland
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 6Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 4Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 41Against 32Abstain 1Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 78Against 11Abstain 2Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 1Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 29Abstain 0Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 10Against 12Abstain 3Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 8Against 38Abstain 2Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 12Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 31Against 11Abstain 4Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 2Absent 0

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