← Votes·2024-02-08

Recent attacks on Christmas Eve in Plateau State in Nigeria

Vote ID 164385Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 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 “Recent attacks on Christmas Eve in Plateau State in Nigeria”. EPP, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (258 for, 264 against, 17 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

258

Against

264

Abstain

Margin of victory

6 votes

Turnout (cast)

539

Absent

166

Participation rate

76.4%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 6 votes. 166 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (166) was larger than the 6-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 40 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
S&Dhad 36 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
NIhad 20 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
PfEhad 19 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
Renewhad 16 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
Greens-EFAhad 12 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
ECRhad 11 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
Lefthad 10 absent MEPs (margin was 6)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Italy (25 absent)Germany (19 absent)Hungary (16 absent)France (14 absent)Romania (14 absent)Greece (11 absent)Netherlands (8 absent)Spain (8 absent)Bulgaria (7 absent)Poland (7 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 131Against 4Abstain 4Absent 40

S&D136 MEPs

For 5Against 89Abstain 6Absent 36

Renew100 MEPs

For 4Against 79Abstain 1Absent 16

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 0Against 58Abstain 0Absent 12

ECR65 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

PfE64 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 26Abstain 1Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 14Against 8Abstain 4Absent 20

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy38
Poland37
Czech Republic14
Romania9
Belgium8

Most against

Germany46
France37
Spain33
Netherlands13
Portugal13

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 27Against 37Abstain 1Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 31Against 46Abstain 0Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland13 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 9Abstain 4Absent 25

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 8

Poland52 MEPs

For 37Against 7Abstain 1Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 3Absent 14

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 18Against 33Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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