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Tuesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group (tabling of motions for resolution)

Vote ID 165173Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+0 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+6 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “Tuesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group (tabling of motions for resolution)”. S&D, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, PfE and ECR voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (150 for, 168 against, 9 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

150

Against

168

Abstain

Margin of victory

18 votes

Turnout (cast)

327

Absent

376

Participation rate

46.5%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 18 votes. 376 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (376) was larger than the 18-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 106 absent MEPs (margin was 18)
S&Dhad 61 absent MEPs (margin was 18)
Renewhad 47 absent MEPs (margin was 18)
ECRhad 45 absent MEPs (margin was 18)
PfEhad 35 absent MEPs (margin was 18)
NIhad 30 absent MEPs (margin was 18)
Greens-EFAhad 23 absent MEPs (margin was 18)
Lefthad 23 absent MEPs (margin was 18)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Germany (48 absent)Italy (42 absent)Spain (41 absent)France (36 absent)Poland (31 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

S&D135 MEPs

For 68Against 4Abstain 2Absent 61

EPP178 MEPs

For 2Against 68Abstain 2Absent 106

Renew100 MEPs

For 8Against 44Abstain 1Absent 47

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 33Against 13Abstain 1Absent 23

PfE64 MEPs

For 11Against 18Abstain 0Absent 35

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 18Abstain 1Absent 45

NI46 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 2Absent 30

The Left38 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 23

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

France27
Spain14
Portugal10
Sweden8
Austria5

Most against

Germany33
Italy19
Poland15
Netherlands12
Czech Republic11

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
France
Hungary
Italy
Malta
Netherlands
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 10

Belgium21 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 11

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 14

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 0Absent 10

Denmark14 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

France79 MEPs

For 27Against 15Abstain 1Absent 36

Germany96 MEPs

For 14Against 33Abstain 1Absent 48

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 15

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 13

Ireland13 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Italy76 MEPs

For 13Against 19Abstain 2Absent 42

Latvia8 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands28 MEPs

For 11Against 12Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 5Against 15Abstain 1Absent 31

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 7

Romania33 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 2Absent 18

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 41

Sweden20 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 1Absent 6

Individual MEP positions

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