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Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan ***I

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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Budget66%

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 182483Source: 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
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Defence
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan ***I”. EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (519 for, 119 against, 25 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

519

Against

119

Abstain

Margin of victory

400 votes

Turnout (cast)

663

Absent

Participation rate

92.2%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 176Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

S&D135 MEPs

For 118Against 6Abstain 0Absent 11

PfE84 MEPs

For 48Against 20Abstain 9Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 69Against 2Abstain 5Absent 6

Renew78 MEPs

For 67Against 1Abstain 1Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 35Against 11Abstain 3Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 34Abstain 6Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 3Against 24Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 21Abstain 1Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany65
France61
Italy55
Poland43
Spain43

Most against

Hungary9
Slovakia8
Malta3

Divided delegations

Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 3Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 61Against 13Abstain 1Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 65Against 25Abstain 1Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland14 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 55Against 19Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 43Against 3Abstain 2Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 5Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 43Against 5Abstain 5Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

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