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Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the Renew Group

Vote ID 168693Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

/ 100

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 Renew Group”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (205 for, 100 against, 6 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

205

Against

100

Abstain

Margin of victory

105 votes

Turnout (cast)

311

Absent

394

Participation rate

44.1%

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

By political group

S&D136 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 0Absent 64

EPP179 MEPs

For 8Against 61Abstain 2Absent 108

Renew100 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 44

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

PfE64 MEPs

For 2Against 21Abstain 1Absent 40

ECR65 MEPs

For 4Against 14Abstain 1Absent 46

The Left38 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

NI46 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 2Absent 40

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

France36
Germany33
Spain18
Netherlands14
Sweden14

Most against

Poland14
Bulgaria2

Divided delegations

Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Romania
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 10

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 10

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 7Against 3Abstain 1Absent 10

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

France79 MEPs

For 36Against 15Abstain 0Absent 28

Germany96 MEPs

For 33Against 22Abstain 0Absent 41

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 17

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 15

Ireland13 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Italy76 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 1Absent 55

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 1Absent 6

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 9

Poland52 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 1Absent 31

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

Romania33 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 22

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 10

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 18Against 6Abstain 0Absent 35

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

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