← Votes·2025-10-23

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

Vote ID 180599Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit”. EPP, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (286 for, 262 against, 24 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

286

Against

262

Abstain

Margin of victory

24 votes

Turnout (cast)

572

Absent

147

Participation rate

79.5%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 24 votes. 147 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (147) was larger than the 24-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 42 absent MEPs (margin was 24)
S&Dhad 31 absent MEPs (margin was 24)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 140Against 3Abstain 0Absent 42

S&D135 MEPs

For 5Against 99Abstain 0Absent 31

PfE83 MEPs

For 51Against 9Abstain 8Absent 15

Renew78 MEPs

For 5Against 60Abstain 0Absent 13

ECR82 MEPs

For 55Against 5Abstain 4Absent 18

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 43Abstain 2Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 34Abstain 0Absent 11

NI29 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 10Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany43
France38
Poland34
Czech Republic17
Netherlands15

Most against

Italy37
Spain26
Belgium14
Sweden11
Finland10

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Denmark
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 6Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 38Against 31Abstain 1Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 43Against 34Abstain 6Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 13

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 20Against 37Abstain 0Absent 19

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 15Against 11Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 34Against 5Abstain 4Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 20Against 26Abstain 1Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 3Absent 4

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