← Votes·2025-04-02

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 174727Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Defence
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 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 security and defence policy – annual report 2024”. EPP, ECR and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, PfE, Left, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (310 for, 341 against, 18 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

310

Against

341

Abstain

Margin of victory

31 votes

Turnout (cast)

669

Absent

Participation rate

93.0%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 31 votes. 50 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (50) was larger than the 31-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

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 142Against 26Abstain 2Absent 15

S&D135 MEPs

For 12Against 114Abstain 1Absent 8

Renew79 MEPs

For 19Against 54Abstain 3Absent 3

ECR82 MEPs

For 71Against 5Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE81 MEPs

For 25Against 48Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 32Against 13Abstain 6Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 3Against 40Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN26 MEPs

For 1Against 22Abstain 2Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 4Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland44
Romania22
Czech Republic18
Finland11
Bulgaria9

Most against

France59
Germany48
Spain46
Italy40
Netherlands16

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Denmark
Estonia
Germany
Greece
Italy
Luxembourg

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 17Against 59Abstain 1Absent 5

Germany95 MEPs

For 39Against 48Abstain 0Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 40Abstain 0Absent 6

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 14Against 16Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 2Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 22Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 9Against 46Abstain 3Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 3Absent 1

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