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Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 as regards the definition of prohibited weapons

Defence & Security66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "weapons"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 181956Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓High-interest topic: Defence
✓Some political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+15 / 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): amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 as regards the definition of prohibited weapons”. S&D, ECR, Greens-EFA and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, Renew, Left and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (269 for, 337 against, 55 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

269

Against

337

Abstain

Margin of victory

68 votes

Turnout (cast)

661

Absent

Participation rate

91.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 1Against 173Abstain 1Absent 10

S&D135 MEPs

For 110Against 2Abstain 13Absent 10

PfE84 MEPs

For 9Against 37Abstain 34Absent 4

ECR82 MEPs

For 63Against 10Abstain 1Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 9Against 59Abstain 1Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 7Against 30Abstain 0Absent 8

NI29 MEPs

For 2Against 24Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 3Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy43
Netherlands20
Sweden13
Finland8
Denmark7

Most against

France54
Germany50
Poland32
Spain25
Romania15

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 10Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 18Against 54Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 39Against 50Abstain 2Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 1Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 10Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 43Against 19Abstain 6Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 20Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 15Against 32Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 2Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 15Abstain 9Absent 1

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 24Against 25Abstain 6Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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