← 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 172776Source: 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+7 / 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”. EPP, S&D, ECR and Renew voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly against. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (439 for, 136 against, 96 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

439

Against

136

Abstain

Margin of victory

303 votes

Turnout (cast)

671

Absent

Participation rate

93.2%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 167Against 6Abstain 0Absent 12

S&D135 MEPs

For 122Against 4Abstain 1Absent 8

PfE81 MEPs

For 1Against 16Abstain 60Absent 4

ECR82 MEPs

For 69Against 3Abstain 2Absent 8

Renew79 MEPs

For 71Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 2Against 47Abstain 1Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 5Against 34Abstain 4Absent 2

NI30 MEPs

For 1Against 22Abstain 5Absent 2

ESN26 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 21Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy51
Germany50
Poland46
Spain44
Romania27

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Austria
France
Germany
Luxembourg
Malta
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 3Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 8Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 23Against 20Abstain 31Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 50Against 30Abstain 11Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 7Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 11Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 51Against 18Abstain 0Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 16Against 6Abstain 7Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 44Against 13Abstain 1Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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