← Votes·2023-10-17

Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’)

Vote ID 159047Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 10

Group division+15 / 15

Country division+15 / 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 “Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’)”. EPP, S&D, Renew and PfE voted mostly in favour, while Left and ESN voted mostly against. Greens-EFA, ECR and NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (385 for, 85 against, 151 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

385

Against

Abstain

151

Margin of victory

300 votes

Turnout (cast)

621

Absent

Participation rate

88.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 137Against 8Abstain 11Absent 23

S&D136 MEPs

For 115Against 0Abstain 5Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 82Against 2Abstain 7Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 52Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 16Against 13Abstain 30Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 24Against 6Abstain 24Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 17Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 1Against 31Abstain 2Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy55
France41
Spain41
Germany39
Romania27

Most against

Sweden11

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Greece
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 7Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 6Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 8Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 5Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 5Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 41Against 9Abstain 19Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 39Against 15Abstain 34Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 3Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 7Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 55Against 5Abstain 4Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 6Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 23Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 6Abstain 9Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 4Absent 4

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