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Cohesion policy 2014-2020 – implementation and outcomes in the Member States

Vote ID 166087Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+6 / 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 “Cohesion policy 2014-2020 – implementation and outcomes in the Member States”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (433 for, 36 against, 51 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

433

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

397 votes

Turnout (cast)

520

Absent

185

Participation rate

73.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 121Against 5Abstain 0Absent 53

S&D136 MEPs

For 98Against 0Abstain 2Absent 36

Renew100 MEPs

For 62Against 1Abstain 12Absent 25

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR65 MEPs

For 33Against 10Abstain 7Absent 15

PfE64 MEPs

For 15Against 11Abstain 23Absent 15

The Left38 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 4Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 19Against 4Abstain 3Absent 20

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany59
France51
Italy50
Poland45
Spain41

Most against

Sweden7

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 7

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 4Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 2Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 51Against 1Abstain 18Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 59Against 8Abstain 5Absent 24

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 18

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 5Absent 10

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 26

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 7Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 1Abstain 3Absent 14

Sweden21 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 4Absent 8

Individual MEP positions

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