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Thursday's agenda – Request by The Left Group

Vote ID 166332Source: official EP roll-call records
34
/ 100

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+7 / 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 “Thursday's agenda – Request by The Left Group”. S&D, Greens-EFA, ECR, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew and PfE voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (174 for, 142 against, 6 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For
174
Against
142
Abstain
6
Margin of victory
32 votes
Turnout (cast)
322
Absent
382
Participation rate
45.7%
This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

S&D136 MEPs
For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 62
EPP179 MEPs
For 2Against 70Abstain 1Absent 106
Renew100 MEPs
For 6Against 38Abstain 0Absent 56
Greens/EFA69 MEPs
For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 25
PfE64 MEPs
For 4Against 21Abstain 4Absent 35
ECR65 MEPs
For 15Against 8Abstain 1Absent 41
The Left38 MEPs
For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22
NI46 MEPs
For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 32
ESN4 MEPs
For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany27
  • Spain18
  • Netherlands13
  • Poland13
  • Portugal10
Most against
  • France28
  • Italy17
  • Austria6
  • Slovakia6
  • Romania5
Divided delegations
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • France
  • Germany
  • Hungary
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 8
Belgium21 MEPs
For 5Against 3Abstain 3Absent 10
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 10
Croatia12 MEPs
For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 11
Denmark14 MEPs
For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8
Estonia7 MEPs
For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6
Finland14 MEPs
For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8
France79 MEPs
For 16Against 28Abstain 0Absent 35
Germany95 MEPs
For 27Against 20Abstain 1Absent 47
Greece21 MEPs
For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 14
Hungary21 MEPs
For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 13
Ireland13 MEPs
For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10
Italy76 MEPs
For 14Against 17Abstain 0Absent 45
Latvia8 MEPs
For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 9
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3
Malta6 MEPs
For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 8
Poland52 MEPs
For 13Against 9Abstain 1Absent 29
Portugal21 MEPs
For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 8
Romania33 MEPs
For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 24
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 6
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1
Spain59 MEPs
For 18Against 7Abstain 0Absent 34
Sweden21 MEPs
For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 12

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