← Votes·2025-06-17

Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville

Vote ID 177036Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

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

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+15 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (304 for, 305 against, 55 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

304

Against

305

Abstain

Margin of victory

1 votes

Turnout (cast)

664

Absent

Participation rate

92.2%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 1 vote. 56 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (56) was larger than the 1-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

Renewhad 13 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
EPPhad 11 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
PfEhad 11 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
ECRhad 6 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
S&Dhad 5 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
Lefthad 4 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
NIhad 3 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
Greens-EFAhad 2 absent MEPs (margin was 1)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Spain (8 absent)Germany (6 absent)France (5 absent)Italy (5 absent)Hungary (4 absent)Netherlands (4 absent)Finland (3 absent)Romania (3 absent)Austria (2 absent)Belgium (2 absent)Bulgaria (2 absent)Cyprus (2 absent)Poland (2 absent)

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 10Against 157Abstain 7Absent 11

S&D135 MEPs

For 128Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 3Absent 6

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 33Abstain 37Absent 11

Renew79 MEPs

For 64Against 2Abstain 0Absent 13

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 26Abstain 0Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 7Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany45
France37
Italy36
Spain26
Netherlands15

Most against

Poland46
Hungary15
Romania15
Czech Republic12
Bulgaria10

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Estonia
Germany
Greece
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 6Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 6Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 1Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 7Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 37Against 14Abstain 26Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 45Against 44Abstain 1Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 35Abstain 0Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 15Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 46Abstain 1Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 15Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 26Against 26Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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