← Votes·2024-03-13

Closer ties between the EU and Armenia and the need for a peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia

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Confidence: 75%

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title contains non-EU country "armenia"

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Vote ID 166566Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+0 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Closer ties between the EU and Armenia and the need for a peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (504 for, 4 against, 32 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

504

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

500 votes

Turnout (cast)

540

Absent

165

Participation rate

76.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 140Against 0Abstain 0Absent 39

S&D136 MEPs

For 105Against 0Abstain 0Absent 31

Renew100 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 26

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

ECR65 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 4Absent 15

PfE64 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 11Absent 16

The Left38 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 5Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 18Against 4Abstain 7Absent 17

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France68
Germany65
Italy53
Spain46
Poland43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 8Absent 23

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 12

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 6Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 0Absent 23

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Individual MEP positions

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