← Votes·2024-11-27

Presentation by the President-elect of the Commission of the College of Commissioners and its programme

Vote ID 170722Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Presentation by the President-elect of the Commission of the College of Commissioners and its programme”. Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, ECR, PfE, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (53 for, 608 against, 24 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

Against

608

Abstain

Margin of victory

555 votes

Turnout (cast)

685

Absent

Participation rate

94.7%

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

By political group

EPP188 MEPs

For 2Against 173Abstain 0Absent 13

S&D135 MEPs

For 2Against 130Abstain 0Absent 3

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 80Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 79Abstain 0Absent 2

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 74Abstain 0Absent 5

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 2Against 37Abstain 13Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

NI30 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 9Absent 6

ESN26 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 2Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

None.

Most against

Germany80
France65
Italy62
Spain54
Poland52

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 0Against 17Abstain 2Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 2Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 15Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 0Against 17Abstain 0Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland16 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 1Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 9Against 65Abstain 5Absent 3

Germany96 MEPs

For 5Against 80Abstain 6Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 20Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland14 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 12Against 62Abstain 1Absent 1

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 0Against 29Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 1Against 52Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 19Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 1Against 23Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 4Against 54Abstain 0Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs