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30 years of Copenhagen criteria - giving further impetus to EU enlargement policy

Enlargement65%★

Confidence: 65%

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title/description contains "enlargement"

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Vote ID 162848Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Enlargement
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 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+12 / 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 “30 years of Copenhagen criteria - giving further impetus to EU enlargement policy”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (468 for, 99 against, 58 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

468

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

369 votes

Turnout (cast)

625

Absent

Participation rate

88.9%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 129Against 14Abstain 21Absent 14

S&D136 MEPs

For 109Against 2Abstain 8Absent 17

Renew100 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 61Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 39Against 12Abstain 7Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 19Against 36Abstain 0Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 15Against 14Abstain 7Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 4Against 14Abstain 15Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
Italy63
France39
Poland39
Spain35

Most against

Hungary10
Croatia5

Divided delegations

Cyprus
France
Hungary
Malta

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 10Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 2Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 39Against 32Abstain 4Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 9Abstain 6Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 3Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 63Against 2Abstain 0Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 5Abstain 2Absent 3

Poland51 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 3Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 35Against 4Abstain 14Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

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