← Votes·2024-04-10

Addressing situations of crisis and force majeure ***I

Vote ID 166979Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

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

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Addressing situations of crisis and force majeure ***I”. EPP, S&D and Renew voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (301 for, 272 against, 46 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

301

Against

272

Abstain

Margin of victory

29 votes

Turnout (cast)

619

Absent

Participation rate

87.8%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 29 votes. 86 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (86) was larger than the 29-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

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 126Against 29Abstain 0Absent 24

S&D136 MEPs

For 85Against 28Abstain 9Absent 14

Renew100 MEPs

For 78Against 3Abstain 10Absent 9

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 0Against 63Abstain 4Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 7Against 45Abstain 4Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 35Abstain 16Absent 13

NI46 MEPs

For 5Against 29Abstain 3Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 33Abstain 0Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Spain39
Romania16
Portugal15
Sweden14
Austria12

Most against

France46
Germany43
Poland38
Italy23
Czech Republic15

Divided delegations

Belgium
Finland
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 2Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 24Against 46Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 42Against 43Abstain 7Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 1Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 3Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 19Against 23Abstain 18Absent 16

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 13Abstain 2Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 6Against 38Abstain 2Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 1Absent 15

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 39Against 14Abstain 2Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

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