← Votes·2024-02-28

Driving licences ***I

Vote ID 165088Source: 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+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+3 / 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 “Driving licences ***I”. S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (339 for, 240 against, 37 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

339

Against

240

Abstain

Margin of victory

99 votes

Turnout (cast)

616

Absent

Participation rate

87.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 39Against 117Abstain 3Absent 20

S&D136 MEPs

For 95Against 15Abstain 10Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 87Against 5Abstain 1Absent 7

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 64Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 10Against 44Abstain 1Absent 10

PfE64 MEPs

For 18Against 32Abstain 0Absent 14

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 17Abstain 3Absent 10

The Left38 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 17Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy58
Spain42
France41
Netherlands16
Portugal16

Most against

Germany43
Poland41
Austria14
Croatia11
Czech Republic11

Divided delegations

Belgium
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 4Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 41Against 24Abstain 1Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 40Against 43Abstain 5Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 3Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 58Against 1Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 16Against 10Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 3Against 41Abstain 1Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 13Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 42Against 4Abstain 5Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 2Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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