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Amendment of Annex VI – Powers and responsibilities of the standing committees

Vote ID 171297Source: 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
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “Amendment of Annex VI – Powers and responsibilities of the standing committees”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (448 for, 161 against, 40 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

448

Against

161

Abstain

Margin of victory

287 votes

Turnout (cast)

649

Absent

Participation rate

90.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 164Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 117Against 3Abstain 3Absent 12

Renew79 MEPs

For 76Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ECR82 MEPs

For 42Against 11Abstain 20Absent 9

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 64Abstain 6Absent 11

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 4Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 37Abstain 3Absent 4

NI30 MEPs

For 4Against 20Abstain 3Absent 3

ESN26 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany62
Italy51
Spain40
Poland26
Romania26

Most against

France42
Hungary9

Divided delegations

France
Greece
Hungary
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 8Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 36Against 42Abstain 0Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 62Against 23Abstain 0Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 51Against 14Abstain 1Absent 10

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 23Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 26Against 6Abstain 17Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 2Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 40Against 8Abstain 3Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs