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Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans ***I

Enlargement65%★

Confidence: 65%

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Evidence:

title/description contains "western balkans"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 168282Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Enlargement
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (517 for, 56 against, 30 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

517

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

461 votes

Turnout (cast)

603

Absent

102

Participation rate

85.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 143Against 1Abstain 7Absent 28

S&D136 MEPs

For 117Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Renew100 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 43Against 14Abstain 0Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 21Against 29Abstain 2Absent 12

The Left38 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 12Absent 5

NI46 MEPs

For 21Against 6Abstain 4Absent 15

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
Italy52
Spain52
France43
Poland40

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 5Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 43Against 19Abstain 11Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 7Abstain 3Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

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