← Votes·2023-07-12

COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future

Health65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "pandemic"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 157227Source: 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 “COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future”. EPP, S&D and Renew voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (385 for, 193 against, 63 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

385

Against

193

Abstain

Margin of victory

192 votes

Turnout (cast)

641

Absent

Participation rate

90.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 151Against 5Abstain 10Absent 13

S&D136 MEPs

For 114Against 4Abstain 1Absent 17

Renew100 MEPs

For 87Against 1Abstain 3Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 3Against 64Abstain 1Absent 3

PfE64 MEPs

For 2Against 37Abstain 22Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 13Against 26Abstain 22Absent 4

The Left37 MEPs

For 5Against 29Abstain 2Absent 1

NI46 MEPs

For 8Against 22Abstain 2Absent 14

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany50
Spain37
Poland36
Italy32
Romania23

Most against

France35
Hungary10
Sweden8

Divided delegations

Belgium
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 4Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 34Against 35Abstain 2Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 50Against 39Abstain 2Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 1Absent 7

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 5Abstain 31Absent 8

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 15Against 10Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 36Against 7Abstain 6Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 4Abstain 2Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 37Against 15Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 8Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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