← Votes·2023-12-13

The role of EU development policy in transforming extractive industries for sustainable development in developing countries

Vote ID 162317Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant 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+12 / 15

Country division+15 / 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 role of EU development policy in transforming extractive industries for sustainable development in developing countries”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (357 for, 179 against, 97 abstentions).

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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

357

Against

179

Abstain

Margin of victory

178 votes

Turnout (cast)

633

Absent

Participation rate

90.0%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 41Against 116Abstain 6Absent 15

S&D136 MEPs

For 122Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew100 MEPs

For 77Against 1Abstain 15Absent 7

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 47Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 35Abstain 21Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 22Against 12Abstain 4Absent 8

The Left37 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France48
Spain46
Germany41
Italy30
Portugal17

Most against

Hungary11

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Lithuania
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 4Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 3Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 8Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 24Abstain 3Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 41Against 38Abstain 8Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 1Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 8Abstain 28Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 6Absent 3

Poland51 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 26Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 11Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 46Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

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