← Votes·2023-09-14

Amending the proposed mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context

Vote ID 157816Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 “Amending the proposed mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (521 for, 36 against, 13 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

521

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

485 votes

Turnout (cast)

570

Absent

135

Participation rate

80.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 145Against 1Abstain 0Absent 33

S&D136 MEPs

For 102Against 2Abstain 0Absent 32

Renew100 MEPs

For 85Against 1Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 42Against 5Abstain 7Absent 11

PfE64 MEPs

For 26Against 20Abstain 3Absent 15

The Left37 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

NI46 MEPs

For 24Against 4Abstain 1Absent 17

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
Italy59
Spain51
France46
Poland46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 16Abstain 0Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 8Abstain 0Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 3Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

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