← Votes·2023-07-12

Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Commission Vice President/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on Relations with the Palestinian Authority

Foreign Affairs63%★

Confidence: 63%

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Vote ID 157047Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 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+10 / 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 “Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Commission Vice President/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on Relations with the Palestinian Authority”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (338 for, 195 against, 102 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

338

Against

195

Abstain

102

Margin of victory

143 votes

Turnout (cast)

635

Absent

Participation rate

90.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 91Against 55Abstain 18Absent 15

S&D136 MEPs

For 104Against 3Abstain 13Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 75Against 5Abstain 12Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 42Against 1Abstain 24Absent 4

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 34Abstain 25Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 3Against 53Abstain 3Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 12Against 17Abstain 4Absent 13

The Left37 MEPs

For 9Against 24Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany51
France45
Spain32
Romania16
Belgium15

Most against

Italy37
Poland24
Hungary11
Czech Republic8
Greece7

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
Greece
Italy
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 9Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 4Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 7Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 45Against 2Abstain 27Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 51Against 19Abstain 22Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 2Absent 7

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 37Abstain 1Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 4Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 6Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 24Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 6Abstain 5Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 32Against 18Abstain 1Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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