← Votes·2023-12-11

Tuesday’s Agenda - Request from The Left group (Council and Commission statements)

Vote ID 162512Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+0 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “Tuesday’s Agenda - Request from The Left group (Council and Commission statements)”. Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while S&D, EPP, Renew, PfE, ECR and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (97 for, 238 against, 4 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

Against

238

Abstain

Margin of victory

141 votes

Turnout (cast)

339

Absent

365

Participation rate

48.1%

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

By political group

S&D136 MEPs

For 11Against 68Abstain 0Absent 57

EPP179 MEPs

For 1Against 71Abstain 0Absent 107

Renew100 MEPs

For 1Against 52Abstain 0Absent 47

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

PfE64 MEPs

For 12Against 17Abstain 0Absent 35

ECR65 MEPs

For 5Against 19Abstain 1Absent 40

The Left37 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

NI46 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 3Absent 32

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy19
Greece3
Ireland2

Most against

Germany32
France29
Poland19
Spain18
Netherlands13

Divided delegations

Belgium
France
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 8

Belgium21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 12

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 8

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 12

Denmark14 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Finland14 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 7

France79 MEPs

For 19Against 29Abstain 0Absent 31

Germany96 MEPs

For 22Against 32Abstain 0Absent 42

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 2Absent 13

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland13 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

Italy76 MEPs

For 19Against 16Abstain 0Absent 41

Latvia8 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 8

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 0Absent 14

Poland52 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 1Absent 32

Portugal21 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 0Absent 18

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain58 MEPs

For 4Against 18Abstain 1Absent 35

Sweden21 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 13

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