← Votes·2023-09-13

Relations with Belarus

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "belarus"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 157811Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+15 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Relations with Belarus”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (453 for, 21 against, 40 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

453

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

432 votes

Turnout (cast)

514

Absent

191

Participation rate

72.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 136Against 1Abstain 0Absent 42

S&D136 MEPs

For 99Against 0Abstain 0Absent 37

Renew100 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 27

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

ECR65 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 1Absent 20

PfE64 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 24Absent 22

NI46 MEPs

For 13Against 10Abstain 6Absent 17

The Left37 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 7Absent 10

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
Italy51
France43
Spain41
Poland40

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 3Absent 6

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 4Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 14Absent 21

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 2Abstain 11Absent 22

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 12

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 1Absent 24

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Poland52 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 2Abstain 3Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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