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Role of the European Parliament and its parliamentary diplomacy in the EU’s foreign and security policy

Foreign Affairs63%★

Confidence: 63%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "diplomacy"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Institutional Affairs61%

Confidence: 61%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "european parliament"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 163099Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Role of the European Parliament and its parliamentary diplomacy in the EU’s foreign and security policy”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (492 for, 73 against, 55 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

492

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

419 votes

Turnout (cast)

620

Absent

Participation rate

87.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 152Against 0Abstain 4Absent 23

S&D136 MEPs

For 114Against 0Abstain 3Absent 19

Renew100 MEPs

For 97Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 2Against 35Abstain 20Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 19Against 15Abstain 22Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 20Against 13Abstain 3Absent 10

The Left38 MEPs

For 27Against 3Abstain 3Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
France47
Spain46
Italy40
Poland34

Most against

Hungary10

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Hungary

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 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 18Abstain 4Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 7Abstain 2Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 1Abstain 28Absent 7

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 2Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 12Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 3Abstain 1Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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