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Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2023

Defence & Security66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "defence"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 164794Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Defence
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2023”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (350 for, 91 against, 96 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

350

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

259 votes

Turnout (cast)

537

Absent

168

Participation rate

76.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 124Against 1Abstain 9Absent 45

S&D136 MEPs

For 92Against 4Abstain 9Absent 31

Renew100 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 9Absent 17

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 52Against 3Abstain 9Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 39Absent 18

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 27Abstain 16Absent 20

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 1Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 7Against 16Abstain 4Absent 19

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany60
Spain37
France29
Italy24
Poland22

Most against

Hungary6
Malta3

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Czech Republic
France
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 3Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 2Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 2Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 8Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 29Against 21Abstain 6Absent 23

Germany96 MEPs

For 60Against 11Abstain 9Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland13 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 4Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 24Against 7Abstain 18Absent 27

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 4Abstain 1Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 21Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 10Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 4Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 37Against 7Abstain 1Absent 14

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

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