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European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs

Defence & Security87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "defence"
title/description contains "european defence"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 182510Source: 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
✓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+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs”. EPP, S&D, PfE, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (425 for, 120 against, 96 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

425

Against

120

Abstain

Margin of victory

305 votes

Turnout (cast)

641

Absent

Participation rate

89.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 166Against 0Abstain 2Absent 17

S&D135 MEPs

For 111Against 6Abstain 0Absent 18

PfE84 MEPs

For 31Against 24Abstain 21Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 60Absent 6

Renew78 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 8Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 35Against 10Abstain 2Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 36Abstain 3Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 2Against 22Abstain 0Absent 5

ESN27 MEPs

For 2Against 21Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

France61
Germany61
Spain41
Poland27
Romania24

Most against

Italy24
Hungary11
Slovakia8
Malta3

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Greece
Italy
Malta
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 7Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 12Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 61Against 11Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 24Abstain 4Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 2Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 2Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 23Against 24Abstain 24Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 8Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 27Against 3Abstain 18Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 2Absent 7

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 41Against 6Abstain 6Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

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