← 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 172856Source: 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+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”. PfE, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (106 for, 524 against, 49 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

106

Against

524

Abstain

Margin of victory

418 votes

Turnout (cast)

679

Absent

Participation rate

94.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 2Against 172Abstain 1Absent 10

S&D135 MEPs

For 6Against 127Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE81 MEPs

For 42Against 23Abstain 11Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 74Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 3Against 69Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 3Against 47Abstain 1Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 26Against 7Abstain 10Absent 2

NI30 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 7Absent 2

ESN26 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 18Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Slovakia7
Malta3

Most against

Germany68
Italy52
Spain50
Poland46
France38

Divided delegations

France
Malta
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 0Against 18Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 4Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 5Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 0Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 30Against 38Abstain 9Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 11Against 68Abstain 10Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 4Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 1Absent 1

Ireland14 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 17Against 52Abstain 2Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 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 0Against 24Abstain 6Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 2Against 46Abstain 3Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 28Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 7Against 50Abstain 1Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 0Absent 0

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