← Votes·2024-04-22

Thursday’s agenda – Request by the PPE Group

Vote ID 168694Source: 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
✓Some 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+4 / 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 “Thursday’s agenda – Request by the PPE Group”. S&D, EPP, Renew, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (255 for, 65 against, 1 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

255

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

190 votes

Turnout (cast)

321

Absent

384

Participation rate

45.5%

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

By political group

S&D136 MEPs

For 71Against 1Abstain 0Absent 64

EPP179 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 109

Renew100 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 0Absent 43

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 1Against 46Abstain 0Absent 23

PfE64 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 0Absent 39

ECR65 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 44

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 15Abstain 0Absent 22

NI46 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 36

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

France38
Germany36
Poland22
Spain19
Italy18

Most against

Ireland3

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 9

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 9

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

France79 MEPs

For 38Against 12Abstain 1Absent 28

Germany96 MEPs

For 36Against 19Abstain 0Absent 41

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 17

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Ireland13 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 9

Italy76 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 55

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 8

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 0Absent 30

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 7

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 19Against 6Abstain 0Absent 34

Sweden21 MEPs