← 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 172722Source: 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
✓Strong 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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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”. S&D, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR, Renew and ESN voted mostly against. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (215 for, 391 against, 70 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

215

Against

391

Abstain

Margin of victory

176 votes

Turnout (cast)

676

Absent

Participation rate

93.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 3Against 166Abstain 3Absent 13

S&D135 MEPs

For 121Against 2Abstain 7Absent 5

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 58Abstain 19Absent 4

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 75Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 14Against 60Abstain 0Absent 5

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 20Against 3Abstain 28Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

NI30 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 10Absent 1

ESN26 MEPs

For 2Against 19Abstain 2Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Spain28
Ireland10
Finland8
Denmark6
Cyprus3

Most against

France50
Poland48
Germany47
Italy31
Netherlands21

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 7Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 2Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 26Against 50Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 29Against 47Abstain 14Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 9Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 31Abstain 9Absent 6

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 2Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 5Against 21Abstain 5Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 48Abstain 1Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 3Against 19Abstain 6Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 28Against 28Abstain 1Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

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