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Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration ***

Institutional Affairs61%★

Confidence: 61%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "treaty"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 171159Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

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

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration ***”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (591 for, 7 against, 53 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

591

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

584 votes

Turnout (cast)

651

Absent

Participation rate

90.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 165Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 124Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Renew79 MEPs

For 76Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ECR82 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

PfE81 MEPs

For 25Against 4Abstain 41Absent 11

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

NI30 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 5Absent 4

ESN26 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany87
Italy67
France49
Spain47
Poland46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 29Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 87Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 46Against 1Abstain 2Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 47Against 4Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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