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Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025

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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Vote ID 183225Source: 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 “Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (395 for, 197 against, 70 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

395

Against

197

Abstain

Margin of victory

198 votes

Turnout (cast)

662

Absent

Participation rate

92.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 163Against 2Abstain 4Absent 16

S&D135 MEPs

For 114Against 5Abstain 2Absent 14

PfE84 MEPs

For 0Against 77Abstain 1Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 57Absent 5

Renew78 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 36Against 15Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 37Abstain 1Absent 6

NI29 MEPs

For 1Against 23Abstain 3Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 24Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany65
Spain40
Romania26
Italy25
Poland25

Most against

France49
Czech Republic11
Hungary11
Slovakia8
Malta3

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
France
Greece
Italy
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 2Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 28Against 49Abstain 2Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 65Against 25Abstain 1Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 25Against 21Abstain 25Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 6Abstain 3Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 5Abstain 18Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 4Absent 2

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 40Against 13Abstain 2Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

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