← Votes·2023-12-13

EU development cooperation to enhance access to education and training in developing countries

Education84%★

Confidence: 84%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "education"
title/description contains "training"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 162146Source: 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+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “EU development cooperation to enhance access to education and training in developing countries”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. ECR, PfE and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (495 for, 27 against, 115 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

495

Against

Abstain

115

Margin of victory

468 votes

Turnout (cast)

637

Absent

Participation rate

90.6%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 165Against 0Abstain 2Absent 11

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew100 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 41Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 42Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 26Against 6Abstain 7Absent 7

The Left37 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 22Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
France55
Spain47
Italy40
Romania28

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 20Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 8Abstain 7Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 2Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 27Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 4Abstain 3Absent 3

Poland51 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 25Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 47Against 3Abstain 4Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 2Absent 4

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