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EU-Switzerland relations

Vote ID 158469Source: 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
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 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+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 “EU-Switzerland relations”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour. Left and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (538 for, 42 against, 43 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

538

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

496 votes

Turnout (cast)

623

Absent

Participation rate

88.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 159Against 1Abstain 0Absent 19

S&D136 MEPs

For 118Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Renew100 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 28Against 23Abstain 8Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 50Against 3Abstain 6Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 23Against 9Abstain 8Absent 6

The Left37 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 18Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany69
Italy67
France46
Poland43
Spain43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 20Abstain 4Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 69Against 8Abstain 7Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 67Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

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 5Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 7Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

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