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The European Elections 2024

Democracy64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "elections"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 162190Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Democracy
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+5 / 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 “The European Elections 2024”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (365 for, 178 against, 71 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

365

Against

178

Abstain

Margin of victory

187 votes

Turnout (cast)

614

Absent

Participation rate

87.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 111Against 18Abstain 30Absent 20

S&D136 MEPs

For 99Against 11Abstain 10Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 68Against 2Abstain 16Absent 14

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 57Against 4Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 59Abstain 1Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 53Abstain 0Absent 11

NI46 MEPs

For 14Against 19Abstain 3Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 16Against 6Abstain 11Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
Spain45
France44
Italy39
Romania17

Most against

Poland26
Sweden14
Czech Republic13
Hungary11
Croatia8

Divided delegations

Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands
Slovakia
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 2Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 13Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 4Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 44Against 18Abstain 7Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 10Abstain 2Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 1Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 5Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 26Abstain 0Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 7Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 6Against 26Abstain 11Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 9Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 4Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain58 MEPs

For 45Against 3Abstain 3Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 0Absent 4

Individual MEP positions

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