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Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group

Vote ID 163201Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+0 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE and ECR voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (206 for, 125 against, 4 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

206

Against

125

Abstain

Margin of victory

81 votes

Turnout (cast)

335

Absent

370

Participation rate

47.5%

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

By political group

S&D136 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 63

EPP179 MEPs

For 2Against 67Abstain 2Absent 108

Renew100 MEPs

For 49Against 1Abstain 1Absent 49

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 28Abstain 0Absent 36

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 22Abstain 0Absent 42

The Left38 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

NI46 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 1Absent 27

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany33
France27
Spain21
Italy17
Netherlands14

Most against

Poland15
Hungary8
Czech Republic5
Bulgaria3
Lithuania3

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Luxembourg
Romania
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 11

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 10

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 14

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 3Absent 10

Denmark14 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 11

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

France79 MEPs

For 27Against 14Abstain 0Absent 38

Germany96 MEPs

For 33Against 19Abstain 0Absent 44

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Italy76 MEPs

For 17Against 15Abstain 0Absent 44

Latvia8 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 7

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 9

Poland52 MEPs

For 7Against 15Abstain 0Absent 30

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 9

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 0Absent 16

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 21Against 5Abstain 0Absent 33

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

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