← Votes·2023-11-23

Strategic Compass and EU space-based defence capabilities

Defence & Security66%★

Confidence: 66%

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Evidence:

title/description contains "defence"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 160065Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Defence
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+4 / 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 “Strategic Compass and EU space-based defence capabilities”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA, PfE and NI voted mostly in favour, while Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (500 for, 43 against, 18 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

500

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

457 votes

Turnout (cast)

561

Absent

141

Participation rate

79.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 144Against 0Abstain 0Absent 35

S&D136 MEPs

For 101Against 0Abstain 0Absent 35

Renew100 MEPs

For 84Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

ECR64 MEPs

For 49Against 4Abstain 5Absent 6

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

PfE64 MEPs

For 38Against 8Abstain 4Absent 14

NI46 MEPs

For 23Against 7Abstain 2Absent 14

The Left36 MEPs

For 3Against 22Abstain 6Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

France65
Germany61
Italy54
Spain48
Poland47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Cyprus

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 4Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 13Abstain 0Absent 22

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 2Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 2Absent 15

Poland51 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain57 MEPs

For 48Against 3Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

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