← Votes·2025-04-03

Establishing an EU talent pool ***I

Vote ID 174881Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+15 / 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 “Establishing an EU talent pool ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, Left, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (327 for, 229 against, 50 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

327

Against

229

Abstain

Margin of victory

98 votes

Turnout (cast)

606

Absent

113

Participation rate

84.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 120Against 23Abstain 11Absent 31

S&D135 MEPs

For 86Against 19Abstain 7Absent 23

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 68Abstain 1Absent 12

ECR82 MEPs

For 2Against 48Abstain 18Absent 14

Renew79 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 36Against 3Abstain 12Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 17Against 21Abstain 0Absent 7

ESN26 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 1Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 2Against 21Abstain 0Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany57
Spain43
Italy34
Romania19
Netherlands16

Most against

Poland43
France40
Czech Republic13
Hungary11
Sweden10

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Denmark
Finland
France
Latvia
Luxembourg

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 1Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 23Against 40Abstain 6Absent 13

Germany95 MEPs

For 57Against 23Abstain 1Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 12

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 6Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 6Abstain 22Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 16Against 7Abstain 7Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 43Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 6Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 43Against 7Abstain 3Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Individual MEP positions

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