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Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States

Democracy64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "electoral"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 183166Source: 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: Democracy
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 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 “Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (417 for, 234 against, 9 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

417

Against

234

Abstain

Margin of victory

183 votes

Turnout (cast)

660

Absent

Participation rate

91.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 172Against 5Abstain 0Absent 8

S&D135 MEPs

For 102Against 14Abstain 4Absent 15

PfE84 MEPs

For 1Against 77Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 2Against 73Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew78 MEPs

For 68Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 47Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 21Against 11Abstain 5Absent 8

NI29 MEPs

For 4Against 21Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany62
France40
Italy40
Poland26
Romania25

Most against

Spain26
Czech Republic14
Hungary11
Slovakia8

Divided delegations

France
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 3Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 40Against 32Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 62Against 25Abstain 3Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 2Absent 1

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 30Abstain 1Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 20Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 26Against 23Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 24Against 26Abstain 0Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

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