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Tuesday’s Agenda - Request from The Left group (Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy)

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Vote ID 162513Source: 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+8 / 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 (Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy)”. S&D, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, PfE, ECR and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (128 for, 198 against, 9 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

128

Against

198

Abstain

Margin of victory

70 votes

Turnout (cast)

335

Absent

369

Participation rate

47.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 2Against 74Abstain 1Absent 102

S&D136 MEPs

For 57Against 14Abstain 3Absent 62

Renew100 MEPs

For 6Against 46Abstain 1Absent 47

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 2Absent 24

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 29Abstain 1Absent 34

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 25Abstain 0Absent 40

The Left37 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 22

NI46 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 33

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Spain15
Portugal9
Denmark5
Greece5
Sweden4

Most against

Germany37
France29
Italy20
Poland17
Romania9

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
France
Italy
Malta

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 8

Belgium21 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 1Absent 7

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 12

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 0Absent 11

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 1Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Finland14 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 7

France79 MEPs

For 20Against 29Abstain 0Absent 30

Germany96 MEPs

For 14Against 37Abstain 2Absent 43

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 14

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 14

Ireland13 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Italy76 MEPs

For 15Against 20Abstain 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 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 15

Poland52 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 1Absent 31

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 18

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain58 MEPs

For 15Against 7Abstain 1Absent 35

Sweden21 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 2Absent 12

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