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Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the training on preventing conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management

Education64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "training"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Institutional Affairs61%

Confidence: 61%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "rules of procedure"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 168836Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Amendment vote
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+8 / 25

Close vote+15 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the training on preventing conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (273 for, 277 against, 63 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

273

Against

277

Abstain

Margin of victory

4 votes

Turnout (cast)

613

Absent

Participation rate

87.0%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 4 votes. 92 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (92) was larger than the 4-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 24 absent MEPs (margin was 4)
S&Dhad 15 absent MEPs (margin was 4)
PfEhad 13 absent MEPs (margin was 4)
NIhad 13 absent MEPs (margin was 4)
Lefthad 8 absent MEPs (margin was 4)
Greens-EFAhad 7 absent MEPs (margin was 4)
ECRhad 7 absent MEPs (margin was 4)
Renewhad 5 absent MEPs (margin was 4)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Italy (19 absent)Germany (13 absent)Greece (9 absent)Poland (8 absent)Cyprus (6 absent)France (6 absent)Romania (6 absent)Spain (6 absent)Hungary (5 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 78Against 72Abstain 5Absent 24

S&D136 MEPs

For 66Against 55Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew100 MEPs

For 59Against 36Abstain 0Absent 5

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 22Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 47Abstain 10Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 27Abstain 23Absent 13

NI46 MEPs

For 9Against 21Abstain 3Absent 13

The Left38 MEPs

For 17Against 13Abstain 0Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany37
Spain26
Netherlands16
Romania14
Sweden14

Most against

France36
Poland34
Czech Republic11
Hungary11
Austria9

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 2Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 7Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 33Against 36Abstain 4Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 37Against 35Abstain 11Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 3Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 21Against 13Abstain 23Absent 19

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 16Against 11Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 10Against 34Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 14Against 13Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 26Against 26Abstain 1Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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