← Votes·2023-12-11

Thursday’s Agenda - Request from the ECR group

Vote ID 162518Source: official EP roll-call records

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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+7 / 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 “Thursday’s Agenda - Request from the ECR group”. PfE, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D, EPP, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (54 for, 252 against, 19 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

252

Abstain

Margin of victory

198 votes

Turnout (cast)

325

Absent

379

Participation rate

46.2%

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

By political group

S&D136 MEPs

For 6Against 68Abstain 2Absent 60

EPP179 MEPs

For 1Against 63Abstain 3Absent 112

Renew100 MEPs

For 0Against 51Abstain 0Absent 49

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 0Against 45Abstain 0Absent 25

PfE64 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 11Absent 37

ECR65 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 1Absent 41

The Left37 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 0Absent 18

NI46 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 2Absent 32

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland11
Hungary10
Bulgaria2

Most against

Germany49
France34
Spain21
Italy20
Netherlands15

Divided delegations

Bulgaria

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 12

Belgium21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 2Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 13

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 8

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 11

Denmark14 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Finland14 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 7

France79 MEPs

For 14Against 34Abstain 0Absent 31

Germany96 MEPs

For 1Against 49Abstain 2Absent 44

Greece21 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 0Absent 13

Hungary21 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Ireland13 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 10

Italy76 MEPs

For 5Against 20Abstain 8Absent 43

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 8

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 1Against 15Abstain 0Absent 13

Poland52 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 3Absent 36

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 2Absent 20

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain58 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 0Absent 37

Sweden21 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 1Absent 13

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