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Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations

Enlargement65%★

Confidence: 65%

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Evidence:

title/description contains "enlargement"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 180158Source: 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: Enlargement
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+6 / 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 “Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (326 for, 272 against, 29 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.

Result analysis

For

326

Against

272

Abstain

Margin of victory

54 votes

Turnout (cast)

627

Absent

Participation rate

87.2%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 110Against 50Abstain 3Absent 22

S&D135 MEPs

For 95Against 6Abstain 7Absent 27

PfE83 MEPs

For 0Against 78Abstain 1Absent 4

Renew78 MEPs

For 67Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 66Abstain 3Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 4Against 20Abstain 11Absent 10

NI29 MEPs

For 1Against 21Abstain 4Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
Spain40
Italy28
Romania18
Netherlands17

Most against

Poland43
France39
Hungary17
Czech Republic14
Greece11

Divided delegations

Belgium
Bulgaria
France
Italy
Malta
Netherlands
Slovakia
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 1Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 29Against 39Abstain 5Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 24Abstain 2Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 2Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 17Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 26Abstain 8Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 17Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 5Against 43Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 5Abstain 1Absent 9

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 40Against 8Abstain 2Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 5Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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