← Votes·2023-09-13

EP Rules of Procedure: strengthening integrity, independence and accountability

Institutional Affairs61%★

Confidence: 61%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "rules of procedure"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 158165Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 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 “EP Rules of Procedure: strengthening integrity, independence and accountability”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (505 for, 93 against, 52 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

505

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

412 votes

Turnout (cast)

650

Absent

Participation rate

92.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 132Against 8Abstain 28Absent 11

S&D136 MEPs

For 126Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 7Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 20Against 38Abstain 4Absent 3

PfE64 MEPs

For 26Against 31Abstain 2Absent 5

NI46 MEPs

For 18Against 11Abstain 7Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy66
Spain53
France48
Germany44
Romania30

Most against

Poland27
Hungary8

Divided delegations

Hungary
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 3Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 19Abstain 6Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 44Against 16Abstain 29Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 1Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 66Against 1Abstain 2Absent 7

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 27Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 53Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

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