← Votes·2024-01-17

Promotion of the freedom of scientific research in the EU

Vote ID 163032Source: 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
✓Significant 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+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Promotion of the freedom of scientific research in the EU”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour. PfE, ECR, Left and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (461 for, 34 against, 140 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

461

Against

Abstain

140

Margin of victory

427 votes

Turnout (cast)

635

Absent

Participation rate

90.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 157Against 0Abstain 2Absent 20

S&D136 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 98Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 47Against 4Abstain 12Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 44Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 46Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 20Against 12Abstain 8Absent 6

The Left38 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 25Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany70
Spain48
France38
Italy38
Romania26

Most against

Hungary12

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 8Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 38Against 2Abstain 32Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 70Against 1Abstain 14Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 28Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 3Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 24Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 4Abstain 4Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

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