← Votes·2024-09-19

EU/USA Agreement on the launch of Galileo satellites from U.S. Territory ***

Vote ID 169401Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+0 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “EU/USA Agreement on the launch of Galileo satellites from U.S. Territory ***”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, PfE, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (582 for, 16 against, 17 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

582

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

566 votes

Turnout (cast)

615

Absent

106

Participation rate

85.3%

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

By political group

EPP188 MEPs

For 150Against 0Abstain 0Absent 38

S&D135 MEPs

For 115Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

Renew79 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

PfE77 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 24Against 11Abstain 6Absent 4

NI30 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 7Absent 4

ESN26 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany70
France66
Italy63
Spain53
Poland47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic20 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland16 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 66Against 9Abstain 1Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 7Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary20 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 1Absent 12

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 47Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 53Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

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