← Votes·2024-02-28

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

Foreign Affairs63%★

Confidence: 63%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "common foreign and security policy"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 164958Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 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+12 / 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 foreign and security 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 (338 for, 86 against, 122 abstentions).

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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

338

Against

Abstain

122

Margin of victory

252 votes

Turnout (cast)

546

Absent

159

Participation rate

77.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 125Against 1Abstain 9Absent 44

S&D136 MEPs

For 94Against 8Abstain 6Absent 28

Renew100 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 12Absent 14

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 27Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 37Absent 18

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 26Abstain 19Absent 19

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 5Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 7Absent 19

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
Spain37
France22
Poland22
Netherlands17

Most against

Hungary7
Cyprus3
Malta3

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Czech Republic
France
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 2Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 5Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 6Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 4Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 22Against 21Abstain 14Absent 22

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 7Abstain 13Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 11

Ireland13 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 26Absent 26

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 1Absent 7

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 1Abstain 20Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 6Abstain 4Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 4Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 37Against 6Abstain 3Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

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