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EU-US relations

Vote ID 162253Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+15 / 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-US relations”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and ECR voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (485 for, 77 against, 70 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

485

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

408 votes

Turnout (cast)

632

Absent

Participation rate

89.9%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 166Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

S&D136 MEPs

For 114Against 0Abstain 8Absent 14

Renew100 MEPs

For 71Against 4Abstain 17Absent 8

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 47Against 4Abstain 11Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 52Against 1Abstain 6Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 23Against 27Abstain 5Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 12Against 15Abstain 10Absent 9

The Left37 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 10Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
Italy60
Spain46
Poland43
Romania28

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 16Against 28Abstain 31Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 12Abstain 1Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 4Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 9Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 60Against 6Abstain 0Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 4Absent 3

Poland51 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 46Against 6Abstain 1Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Individual MEP positions

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