← Votes·2024-01-17

EU strategy on Central Asia

Vote ID 163029Source: 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 political group division
✓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+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “EU strategy on Central Asia”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour. Left and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (543 for, 42 against, 44 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

543

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

501 votes

Turnout (cast)

629

Absent

Participation rate

89.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 158Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

S&D136 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 96Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 62Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 28Against 22Abstain 6Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 44Against 4Abstain 7Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 24Against 9Abstain 7Absent 6

The Left38 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 20Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany70
Italy64
Spain52
France47
Poland43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 19Abstain 6Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 70Against 4Abstain 12Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 6Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 64Against 2Abstain 0Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 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 22Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 43Against 2Abstain 1Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 1Abstain 3Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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