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Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations

Enlargement65%★

Confidence: 65%

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title/description contains "enlargement"

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Vote ID 180195Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓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+25 / 25

Close vote+6 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 (310 for, 277 against, 53 abstentions).

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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

310

Against

277

Abstain

Margin of victory

33 votes

Turnout (cast)

640

Absent

Participation rate

89.0%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 102Against 51Abstain 13Absent 19

S&D135 MEPs

For 98Against 4Abstain 14Absent 19

PfE83 MEPs

For 0Against 78Abstain 1Absent 4

Renew78 MEPs

For 65Against 3Abstain 7Absent 3

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 65Abstain 2Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 11Absent 7

NI29 MEPs

For 0Against 25Abstain 2Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
Spain38
Italy28
Romania19
Netherlands17

Most against

France47
Poland44
Greece16
Hungary16
Czech Republic13

Divided delegations

Belgium
Italy
Slovakia
Slovenia
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 1Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 5Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 5Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 24Against 47Abstain 5Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 24Abstain 1Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 0Against 16Abstain 3Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 16Abstain 1Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 25Abstain 7Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 17Against 9Abstain 3Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 44Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 4Abstain 1Absent 9

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 38Against 10Abstain 3Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 8Absent 2

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