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Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) ***I

Vote ID 164489Source: 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
✓Some 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+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 “Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE and NI voted mostly in favour, while Left voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (517 for, 59 against, 51 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

517

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

458 votes

Turnout (cast)

627

Absent

Participation rate

88.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 150Against 0Abstain 5Absent 24

S&D136 MEPs

For 117Against 1Abstain 6Absent 12

Renew100 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 43Against 18Abstain 6Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 48Against 3Abstain 10Absent 4

PfE64 MEPs

For 43Against 6Abstain 6Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 19Against 9Abstain 8Absent 10

The Left38 MEPs

For 3Against 21Abstain 7Absent 7

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany75
France57
Italy53
Poland49
Spain44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Cyprus

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 5Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 7Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 57Against 11Abstain 5Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 75Against 13Abstain 0Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 2Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 53Against 4Abstain 5Absent 14

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 44Against 8Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 12Absent 1

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