← Votes·2024-01-15

Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left and Renew groups

Vote ID 163203Source: 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
✓Many 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+7 / 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 and Renew groups”. 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 (200 for, 119 against, 8 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

200

Against

119

Abstain

Margin of victory

81 votes

Turnout (cast)

327

Absent

378

Participation rate

46.4%

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

By political group

S&D136 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 1Absent 60

EPP179 MEPs

For 1Against 69Abstain 0Absent 109

Renew100 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 52

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 26

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 1Absent 36

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 6Absent 44

The Left38 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

NI46 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 0Absent 28

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany33
France27
Spain22
Netherlands12
Romania10

Most against

Italy16
Hungary8
Czech Republic6
Slovakia5
Bulgaria3

Divided delegations

Croatia
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Luxembourg

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 10

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 14

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 10

Denmark14 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 11

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

France79 MEPs

For 27Against 15Abstain 0Absent 37

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 15Against 16Abstain 0Absent 45

Latvia8 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 7

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 1Absent 10

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 5Absent 32

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 0Absent 16

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 22Against 4Abstain 0Absent 33

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 11

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