← Votes·2023-09-12

European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act (EDIRPA)

Defence & Security87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "defence"
title/description contains "european defence"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 157800Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Defence
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act (EDIRPA)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (530 for, 66 against, 32 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

530

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

464 votes

Turnout (cast)

628

Absent

Participation rate

89.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 162Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 114Against 0Abstain 8Absent 14

Renew100 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 52Against 3Abstain 9Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 28Against 27Abstain 3Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 52Against 1Abstain 2Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 19Against 11Abstain 5Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 9Against 20Abstain 5Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany68
Italy55
France52
Poland45
Spain45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 52Against 19Abstain 3Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 68Against 16Abstain 1Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 55Against 4Abstain 5Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 2Abstain 3Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 5Abstain 3Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

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