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Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): InvestEU Fund strategic investments in the field of defence

Defence & Security66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "defence"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 180250Source: 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: Defence
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): InvestEU Fund strategic investments in the field of defence”. PfE, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew and ESN voted mostly against. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (124 for, 401 against, 41 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

124

Against

401

Abstain

Margin of victory

277 votes

Turnout (cast)

566

Absent

153

Participation rate

78.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 3Against 139Abstain 0Absent 43

S&D135 MEPs

For 2Against 94Abstain 8Absent 31

PfE83 MEPs

For 42Against 19Abstain 6Absent 16

ECR82 MEPs

For 3Against 62Abstain 1Absent 16

Renew78 MEPs

For 2Against 59Abstain 0Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 24Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

NI29 MEPs

For 21Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 6Against 17Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

France40
Slovakia7
Greece5
Cyprus1

Most against

Germany56
Poland41
Spain41
Italy37
Czech Republic18

Divided delegations

Austria
Cyprus
France
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 6Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 1Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 2Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 2Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 40Against 30Abstain 1Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 13Against 56Abstain 12Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 15

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 20

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 19Against 37Abstain 0Absent 20

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 0Against 17Abstain 7Absent 7

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 41Abstain 1Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 1Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 1Absent 13

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 6Against 41Abstain 0Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 3Absent 4

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