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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 172834Source: 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
✓Some 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+4 / 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”. S&D, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, Renew, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (217 for, 422 against, 29 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

217

Against

422

Abstain

Margin of victory

205 votes

Turnout (cast)

668

Absent

Participation rate

92.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 2Against 167Abstain 0Absent 16

S&D135 MEPs

For 124Against 4Abstain 1Absent 6

PfE81 MEPs

For 1Against 76Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew79 MEPs

For 4Against 70Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 3Against 69Abstain 2Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 12Absent 8

NI30 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 12Absent 1

ESN26 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Sweden13
Portugal10
Denmark7
Estonia3

Most against

France51
Germany50
Poland46
Italy37
Spain29

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 2Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 2Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 25Against 51Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 34Against 50Abstain 6Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 1Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 17Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 24Against 37Abstain 7Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 11Against 20Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 46Abstain 1Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 18Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 24Against 29Abstain 2Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

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