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Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024

Defence & Security66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "defence"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 174053Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓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+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left, ESN and NI voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (399 for, 198 against, 71 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

399

Against

198

Abstain

Margin of victory

201 votes

Turnout (cast)

668

Absent

Participation rate

92.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 158Against 3Abstain 6Absent 18

S&D135 MEPs

For 118Against 7Abstain 3Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 14Against 23Abstain 40Absent 5

Renew79 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 66Abstain 7Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 36Against 8Abstain 7Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 42Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN26 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 1Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 3Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany62
Spain42
Poland27
Italy25
Romania24

Most against

France43
Czech Republic12
Hungary11
Malta3

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
France
Greece
Italy
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 3Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 27Against 43Abstain 7Absent 5

Germany95 MEPs

For 62Against 25Abstain 0Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 4Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 5Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 25Against 23Abstain 22Absent 6

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 20Against 7Abstain 3Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 27Against 22Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 2Abstain 3Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 42Against 9Abstain 7Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

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