← Votes·2024-04-22

Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the S&D Group

Vote ID 168692Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some political group division
✓Some 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+0 / 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 “Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the S&D Group”. S&D, EPP, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while Renew, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (213 for, 109 against, 3 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

213

Against

109

Abstain

Margin of victory

104 votes

Turnout (cast)

325

Absent

380

Participation rate

46.1%

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

By political group

S&D136 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 63

EPP179 MEPs

For 67Against 3Abstain 1Absent 108

Renew100 MEPs

For 6Against 51Abstain 1Absent 42

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 25Abstain 0Absent 39

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 21Abstain 0Absent 43

The Left38 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 1Absent 22

NI46 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 35

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany47
Spain23
Netherlands12
Portugal12
Italy11

Most against

France32
Poland11
Hungary5
Bulgaria2

Divided delegations

Belgium
Czech Republic
Finland
France
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

Belgium21 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 9

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 14

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 9

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Finland14 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 10

France79 MEPs

For 19Against 32Abstain 1Absent 27

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 8Abstain 0Absent 41

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 13

Ireland13 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Italy76 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 55

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 8

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 1Absent 31

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 0Absent 19

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 23Against 2Abstain 1Absent 33

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 7

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