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Deepening EU integration in view of future enlargement

Enlargement65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "enlargement"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 165845Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Enlargement
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 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 “Deepening EU integration in view of future enlargement”. S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (275 for, 248 against, 19 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

275

Against

248

Abstain

Margin of victory

27 votes

Turnout (cast)

542

Absent

163

Participation rate

76.9%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 27 votes. 163 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (163) was larger than the 27-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 42 absent MEPs (margin was 27)
S&Dhad 37 absent MEPs (margin was 27)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Italy (29 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

EPP179 MEPs

For 46Against 87Abstain 4Absent 42

S&D136 MEPs

For 85Against 14Abstain 0Absent 37

Renew100 MEPs

For 69Against 12Abstain 4Absent 15

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 4Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 47Abstain 0Absent 17

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 45Abstain 1Absent 19

NI46 MEPs

For 12Against 16Abstain 2Absent 16

The Left38 MEPs

For 4Against 21Abstain 4Absent 9

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany66
France36
Spain29
Italy28
Romania15

Most against

Poland33
Netherlands14
Sweden14
Czech Republic12
Ireland10

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 1Absent 5

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 36Against 29Abstain 1Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 66Against 15Abstain 1Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 3Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland13 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 19Abstain 0Absent 29

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 9Against 14Abstain 1Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 33Abstain 1Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 9Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 29Against 12Abstain 3Absent 15

Sweden21 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 5Absent 1

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