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Agreements on Financial Mechanisms for the period May 2021 - April 2028 (EEA: EU-Iceland-Liechtenstein-Norway; Norwegian: EU-Norway); Additional Protocols to EEC-Norway Agreement and to EEC-Iceland Agreement ***

Vote ID 173688Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “Agreements on Financial Mechanisms for the period May 2021 - April 2028 (EEA: EU-Iceland-Liechtenstein-Norway; Norwegian: EU-Norway); Additional Protocols to EEC-Norway Agreement and to EEC-Iceland Agreement ***”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, PfE, Greens-EFA and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Left and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (528 for, 121 against, 32 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

528

Against

121

Abstain

Margin of victory

407 votes

Turnout (cast)

681

Absent

Participation rate

94.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 140Against 31Abstain 5Absent 9

S&D135 MEPs

For 129Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 70Against 4Abstain 4Absent 4

Renew79 MEPs

For 76Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE81 MEPs

For 30Against 29Abstain 14Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 46Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 40Abstain 3Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 4Absent 4

ESN26 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany78
Italy54
Poland46
Romania28
Netherlands27

Most against

France44
Spain30

Divided delegations

France
Ireland
Spain

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 31Against 44Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany95 MEPs

For 78Against 10Abstain 0Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 6Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 54Against 10Abstain 8Absent 4

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 46Against 1Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 5Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 23Against 30Abstain 6Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

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