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The state of the EU-Cuba PDCA in the light of the recent visit of the High Representative to the island

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Confidence: 75%

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title contains non-EU country "cuba"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 157502Source: 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+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 “The state of the EU-Cuba PDCA in the light of the recent visit of the High Representative to the island”. EPP, Renew, PfE and ECR voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (359 for, 226 against, 50 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

359

Against

226

Abstain

Margin of victory

133 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 160Against 2Abstain 0Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 8Against 103Abstain 8Absent 17

Renew100 MEPs

For 90Against 2Abstain 1Absent 7

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 1Against 63Abstain 3Absent 4

PfE64 MEPs

For 34Against 6Abstain 21Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 4Absent 5

NI46 MEPs

For 8Against 20Abstain 6Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 5Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy44
Poland41
France33
Romania21
Belgium14

Most against

Germany55
Spain28
Portugal11
Malta4
Cyprus3

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Cyprus
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Latvia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 33Against 19Abstain 20Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 35Against 55Abstain 0Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 2Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 44Against 22Abstain 2Absent 8

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 10Abstain 3Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 41Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 22Against 28Abstain 2Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 9Absent 0

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