← Votes·2025-04-02

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

Foreign Affairs63%★

Confidence: 63%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "common foreign and security policy"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 174220Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024”. EPP, S&D and Renew voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR and Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (378 for, 188 against, 105 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

378

Against

188

Abstain

105

Margin of victory

190 votes

Turnout (cast)

671

Absent

Participation rate

93.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 154Against 1Abstain 13Absent 17

S&D135 MEPs

For 120Against 5Abstain 4Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 62Absent 5

Renew79 MEPs

For 76Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 71Abstain 2Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 21Against 8Abstain 22Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 42Abstain 0Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 2Absent 4

ESN26 MEPs

For 0Against 25Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
Spain33
Poland27
Italy26
Romania23

Most against

France41
Czech Republic12
Hungary11
Malta3

Divided delegations

Cyprus
France
Greece
Italy
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 5Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 3Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 27Against 41Abstain 9Absent 5

Germany95 MEPs

For 61Against 24Abstain 2Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 26Against 21Abstain 23Absent 6

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 17Against 6Abstain 7Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 27Against 3Abstain 19Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 2Abstain 6Absent 2

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 33Against 13Abstain 10Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

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