← Votes·2023-11-08

Thursday’s Agenda - Request from The Left Group

Vote ID 160020Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Thursday’s Agenda - Request from The Left Group”. S&D, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (179 for, 231 against, 16 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

179

Against

231

Abstain

Margin of victory

52 votes

Turnout (cast)

426

Absent

276

Participation rate

60.7%

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

By political group

EPP177 MEPs

For 3Against 86Abstain 6Absent 82

S&D136 MEPs

For 75Against 8Abstain 7Absent 46

Renew100 MEPs

For 7Against 54Abstain 0Absent 39

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 1Absent 21

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 43Abstain 0Absent 21

ECR64 MEPs

For 1Against 28Abstain 2Absent 33

The Left37 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 8Abstain 0Absent 22

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Spain31
Germany21
Portugal9
Austria6
Denmark6

Most against

France36
Italy26
Poland15
Romania13
Hungary12

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 8

Belgium21 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 2Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 2Absent 4

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Finland14 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

France79 MEPs

For 20Against 36Abstain 0Absent 23

Germany96 MEPs

For 21Against 21Abstain 3Absent 51

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 12

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Italy76 MEPs

For 15Against 26Abstain 2Absent 33

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 1Absent 10

Poland49 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 1Absent 29

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 0Absent 15

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 31Against 17Abstain 0Absent 11

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 3Absent 6

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