← 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 174448Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Very 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+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+15 / 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”. ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D and Renew voted mostly against. Greens-EFA and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (265 for, 254 against, 146 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

265

Against

254

Abstain

146

Margin of victory

11 votes

Turnout (cast)

665

Absent

Participation rate

92.5%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 11 votes. 54 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (54) was larger than the 11-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 16 absent MEPs (margin was 11)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 50Against 88Abstain 31Absent 16

S&D135 MEPs

For 13Against 92Abstain 25Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 66Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew79 MEPs

For 22Against 50Abstain 2Absent 5

PfE81 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 16Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 46Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 22Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 3Absent 5

ESN26 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

France59
Poland44
Italy40
Romania15
Ireland9

Most against

Germany47
Spain28
Portugal17
Sweden15
Netherlands14

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Netherlands
Romania
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 6Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 5Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 8Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 2Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 59Against 2Abstain 12Absent 9

Germany95 MEPs

For 23Against 47Abstain 17Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 9Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 10Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 2Abstain 30Absent 4

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 9Against 14Abstain 5Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 44Against 3Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 15Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 8Against 28Abstain 22Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 0Against 15Abstain 5Absent 1

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