← Votes·2025-03-12

White paper on the future of European defence

Defence & Security87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "defence"
title/description contains "european defence"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 172683Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Defence
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “White paper on the future of European defence”. Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, PfE, Greens-EFA and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (101 for, 550 against, 14 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions.

Result analysis

For

101

Against

550

Abstain

Margin of victory

449 votes

Turnout (cast)

665

Absent

Participation rate

92.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 3Against 171Abstain 0Absent 11

S&D135 MEPs

For 11Against 118Abstain 0Absent 6

Renew79 MEPs

For 1Against 71Abstain 1Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 4Against 64Abstain 5Absent 9

PfE81 MEPs

For 1Against 65Abstain 1Absent 14

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 16Against 32Abstain 3Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

NI30 MEPs

For 21Against 6Abstain 2Absent 1

ESN26 MEPs

For 1Against 21Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Slovakia7
Malta3

Most against

Germany76
France63
Italy55
Poland50
Spain50

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Greece
Malta
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 0Against 17Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 2Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 16Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 12Against 63Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 15Against 76Abstain 0Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 13Against 55Abstain 3Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 1Against 28Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 0Against 50Abstain 2Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 4Against 25Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 6Against 50Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 3Absent 0

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