← Votes·2023-11-09

Strengthening the right to participate: legitimacy and resilience of electoral processes in illiberal political systems and authoritarian regimes

Democracy64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "electoral"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 159741Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Democracy
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “Strengthening the right to participate: legitimacy and resilience of electoral processes in illiberal political systems and authoritarian regimes”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (522 for, 27 against, 53 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

522

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

495 votes

Turnout (cast)

602

Absent

100

Participation rate

85.8%

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

By political group

EPP177 MEPs

For 152Against 0Abstain 1Absent 24

S&D136 MEPs

For 109Against 0Abstain 0Absent 27

Renew100 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR64 MEPs

For 54Against 3Abstain 4Absent 3

PfE64 MEPs

For 24Against 5Abstain 26Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 15Against 8Abstain 12Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 16Against 7Abstain 9Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
Italy63
France50
Poland47
Spain46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 50Against 1Abstain 15Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 5Abstain 3Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 12Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 63Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland49 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 1Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 2Abstain 6Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

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