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Request by The Left Group – Motion for adjournment of the vote on the election of the President of the Commission

Vote ID 169385Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Institutional decision
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+8 / 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 “Request by The Left Group – Motion for adjournment of the vote on the election of the President of the Commission”. Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, ECR, PfE, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (101 for, 531 against, 8 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

101

Against

531

Abstain

Margin of victory

430 votes

Turnout (cast)

640

Absent

Participation rate

88.5%

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

By political group

EPP188 MEPs

For 1Against 175Abstain 0Absent 12

S&D135 MEPs

For 2Against 106Abstain 0Absent 27

ECR82 MEPs

For 4Against 66Abstain 4Absent 8

PfE77 MEPs

For 12Against 61Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew79 MEPs

For 2Against 64Abstain 1Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 1Against 50Abstain 1Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 38Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

NI30 MEPs

For 22Against 2Abstain 2Absent 4

ESN26 MEPs

For 19Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Slovakia8
Cyprus2

Most against

Germany67
France63
Italy56
Poland42
Spain40

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Greece
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 1Against 18Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 1Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 12Abstain 0Absent 5

Denmark15 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland16 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 10Against 63Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 22Against 67Abstain 0Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 19Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland14 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 8Against 56Abstain 0Absent 12

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 1Against 27Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 42Abstain 4Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 2Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 9Against 40Abstain 0Absent 11

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

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