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Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the ECR Group (addition of Council and Commission statements)

Vote ID 168149Source: official EP roll-call records
38
/ 100

Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • Procedural or paragraph vote
  • Some political group division
  • Significant national delegation divergence
  • Many MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+0 / 15
Turnout+0 / 5
Vote type+3 / 25
Close vote+3 / 15
Legislative+0 / 15
Rebel votes+10 / 10
Group division+10 / 15
Country division+12 / 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 “Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the ECR Group (addition of Council and Commission statements)”. PfE, ECR, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (125 for, 180 against, 31 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
125
Against
180
Abstain
31
Margin of victory
55 votes
Turnout (cast)
336
Absent
369
Participation rate
47.7%
This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 26Against 53Abstain 5Absent 95
S&D136 MEPs
For 7Against 51Abstain 6Absent 72
Renew100 MEPs
For 18Against 27Abstain 3Absent 52
Greens/EFA70 MEPs
For 3Against 36Abstain 7Absent 24
PfE64 MEPs
For 33Against 2Abstain 0Absent 29
ECR65 MEPs
For 21Against 1Abstain 0Absent 43
The Left38 MEPs
For 8Against 3Abstain 8Absent 19
NI46 MEPs
For 8Against 5Abstain 2Absent 31
ESN4 MEPs
For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour
  • France24
  • Italy17
  • Poland14
  • Hungary12
  • Finland4
Most against
  • Germany35
  • Spain22
  • Netherlands11
  • Austria9
  • Portugal7
Divided delegations
  • Bulgaria
  • Finland
  • France
  • Greece
  • Italy
  • Romania
  • Slovenia
  • Sweden
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 4Against 9Abstain 1Absent 5
Belgium21 MEPs
For 2Against 5Abstain 2Absent 12
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 8
Croatia12 MEPs
For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 8
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 2Against 6Abstain 4Absent 9
Denmark14 MEPs
For 2Against 4Abstain 1Absent 7
Estonia7 MEPs
For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5
Finland14 MEPs
For 4Against 4Abstain 1Absent 5
France79 MEPs
For 24Against 19Abstain 1Absent 35
Germany96 MEPs
For 8Against 35Abstain 10Absent 43
Greece21 MEPs
For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 15
Hungary21 MEPs
For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7
Ireland13 MEPs
For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 7
Italy76 MEPs
For 17Against 14Abstain 1Absent 44
Latvia8 MEPs
For 0Against 1Abstain 1Absent 6
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2
Malta6 MEPs
For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 2Against 11Abstain 1Absent 15
Poland52 MEPs
For 14Against 5Abstain 2Absent 31
Portugal21 MEPs
For 2Against 7Abstain 1Absent 11
Romania33 MEPs
For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 27
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 1Against 0Abstain 2Absent 11
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4
Spain59 MEPs
For 7Against 22Abstain 1Absent 29
Sweden21 MEPs
For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 9

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