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Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit

Vote ID 180598Source: official EP roll-call records
69
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • Main vote
  • Legislative procedure
  • Strong political group division
  • Some national delegation divergence
  • High participation
  • Many MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+0 / 15
Turnout+4 / 5
Vote type+25 / 25
Close vote+0 / 15
Legislative+15 / 15
Rebel votes+7 / 10
Group division+12 / 15
Country division+6 / 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 “Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (367 for, 98 against, 113 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
367
Against
98
Abstain
113
Margin of victory
269 votes
Turnout (cast)
578
Absent
141
Participation rate
80.4%
This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs
For 138Against 3Abstain 5Absent 39
S&D135 MEPs
For 105Against 0Abstain 0Absent 30
PfE83 MEPs
For 6Against 52Abstain 10Absent 15
ECR82 MEPs
For 1Against 10Abstain 55Absent 16
Renew78 MEPs
For 62Against 0Abstain 3Absent 13
Greens/EFA53 MEPs
For 39Against 0Abstain 6Absent 8
The Left45 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 24Absent 11
NI29 MEPs
For 6Against 10Abstain 9Absent 4
ESN27 MEPs
For 0Against 22Abstain 1Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany59
  • Spain39
  • Italy30
  • Poland21
  • Netherlands16
Most against
  • France31
Divided delegations
  • Cyprus
  • France
  • Greece
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria20 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 6Absent 1
Belgium22 MEPs
For 13Against 3Abstain 4Absent 2
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3
Croatia12 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 11Against 2Abstain 7Absent 1
Denmark15 MEPs
For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Finland15 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1
France81 MEPs
For 30Against 31Abstain 10Absent 10
Germany96 MEPs
For 59Against 20Abstain 4Absent 13
Greece21 MEPs
For 3Against 3Abstain 2Absent 13
Hungary21 MEPs
For 0Against 0Abstain 2Absent 19
Ireland14 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2
Italy76 MEPs
For 30Against 8Abstain 19Absent 19
Latvia9 MEPs
For 5Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2
Netherlands31 MEPs
For 16Against 6Abstain 4Absent 5
Poland53 MEPs
For 21Against 6Abstain 19Absent 7
Portugal21 MEPs
For 15Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2
Romania33 MEPs
For 15Against 3Abstain 2Absent 13
Slovakia15 MEPs
For 9Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1
Slovenia9 MEPs
For 4Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1
Spain60 MEPs
For 39Against 4Abstain 5Absent 12
Sweden21 MEPs
For 10Against 3Abstain 4Absent 4

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