← 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"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 174425Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+6 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, Left, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (339 for, 299 against, 32 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

339

Against

299

Abstain

Margin of victory

40 votes

Turnout (cast)

670

Absent

Participation rate

93.2%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 103Against 49Abstain 14Absent 19

S&D135 MEPs

For 112Against 14Abstain 4Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 80Abstain 0Absent 2

Renew79 MEPs

For 69Against 5Abstain 1Absent 4

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 74Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 3Against 29Abstain 10Absent 3

ESN26 MEPs

For 2Against 22Abstain 1Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 2Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
Spain46
Italy32
Romania22
Netherlands16

Most against

France46
Poland44
Greece18
Czech Republic15
Hungary11

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
France
Italy
Latvia
Netherlands
Slovakia
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 4Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 4Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 31Against 46Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany95 MEPs

For 64Against 21Abstain 2Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 5Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 31Abstain 7Absent 6

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 16Against 11Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 5Against 44Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 6Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 22Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 46Against 11Abstain 1Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

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