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A new vision for the European Universities alliances

Education64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "universities"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 178291Source: 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+5 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 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 “A new vision for the European Universities alliances”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (461 for, 100 against, 48 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

461

Against

100

Abstain

Margin of victory

361 votes

Turnout (cast)

609

Absent

111

Participation rate

84.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 163Against 1Abstain 1Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 113Against 1Abstain 0Absent 21

PfE82 MEPs

For 1Against 61Abstain 11Absent 9

ECR82 MEPs

For 44Against 3Abstain 24Absent 11

Renew79 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 11Absent 16

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 1Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 16Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany66
Italy55
Spain49
France31
Poland25

Most against

Hungary10

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 5Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 31Against 29Abstain 9Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 66Against 14Abstain 3Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 7Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 5Abstain 18Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 49Against 6Abstain 1Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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