← Votes·2024-01-16

Current and future challenges regarding cross-border cooperation with neighbouring countries

Vote ID 162985Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some 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+7 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 “Current and future challenges regarding cross-border cooperation with neighbouring countries”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (559 for, 20 against, 36 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

559

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

539 votes

Turnout (cast)

615

Absent

Participation rate

87.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 156Against 0Abstain 0Absent 23

S&D136 MEPs

For 116Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

Renew100 MEPs

For 96Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

PfE64 MEPs

For 36Against 8Abstain 12Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 47Against 5Abstain 3Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 21Against 5Abstain 9Absent 11

The Left38 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 7Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
France68
Italy67
Spain47
Poland45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 7Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 11Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 67Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 47Against 3Abstain 1Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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