← Votes·2023-11-23

Harnessing talent in Europe’s regions

Vote ID 160262Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 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 “Harnessing talent in Europe’s regions”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. ECR and PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (401 for, 39 against, 109 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

401

Against

Abstain

109

Margin of victory

362 votes

Turnout (cast)

549

Absent

153

Participation rate

78.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 123Against 0Abstain 17Absent 39

S&D136 MEPs

For 93Against 3Abstain 0Absent 40

Renew100 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 15Absent 17

ECR64 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 35Absent 8

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

PfE64 MEPs

For 5Against 15Abstain 31Absent 13

NI46 MEPs

For 20Against 6Abstain 7Absent 13

The Left36 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
Spain46
France44
Italy37
Romania26

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Denmark
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 3Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 3Absent 4

Denmark14 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 4Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 44Against 15Abstain 9Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 1Abstain 12Absent 22

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 7Absent 12

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 18Absent 21

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 5Absent 15

Poland51 MEPs

For 22Against 1Abstain 24Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain57 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 4Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 8Absent 2

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