← 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 172784Source: 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”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (466 for, 176 against, 36 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

466

Against

176

Abstain

Margin of victory

290 votes

Turnout (cast)

678

Absent

Participation rate

94.2%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 170Against 3Abstain 0Absent 12

S&D135 MEPs

For 122Against 3Abstain 7Absent 3

PfE81 MEPs

For 7Against 58Abstain 12Absent 4

Renew79 MEPs

For 71Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 6Against 64Abstain 4Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 36Against 2Abstain 4Absent 3

NI30 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 6Absent 1

ESN26 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 3Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany73
Spain47
France43
Italy41
Poland25

Most against

Hungary11
Slovakia8
Latvia5
Malta3

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Czech Republic
France
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Malta
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 43Against 34Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 73Against 16Abstain 3Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 23Abstain 7Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 23Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 22Abstain 3Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 5Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 47Against 4Abstain 6Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 7Absent 0

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