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Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties

Institutional Affairs61%★

Confidence: 61%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "european parliament"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 160487Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties”. S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (291 for, 274 against, 44 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

291

Against

274

Abstain

Margin of victory

17 votes

Turnout (cast)

609

Absent

Participation rate

86.8%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 17 votes. 93 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (93) was larger than the 17-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 25 absent MEPs (margin was 17)
S&Dhad 23 absent MEPs (margin was 17)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Germany (18 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 48Against 79Abstain 27Absent 25

S&D136 MEPs

For 92Against 19Abstain 2Absent 23

Renew100 MEPs

For 74Against 14Abstain 2Absent 10

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 8Absent 8

ECR64 MEPs

For 0Against 61Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 55Abstain 0Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 15Against 18Abstain 2Absent 11

The Left36 MEPs

For 7Against 22Abstain 3Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
France38
Italy37
Spain34
Belgium12

Most against

Poland38
Romania22
Sweden15
Czech Republic13
Netherlands12

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Finland
France
Italy
Latvia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 1Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 3Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 13Abstain 2Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 38Against 30Abstain 2Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 11Abstain 3Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 3Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 1Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 34Abstain 0Absent 5

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 1Absent 9

Poland51 MEPs

For 9Against 38Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 5Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 7Against 22Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain57 MEPs

For 34Against 10Abstain 9Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 1Against 15Abstain 3Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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