← Votes·2026-01-21

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

Foreign Affairs63%★

Confidence: 63%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "common foreign and security policy"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 183397Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 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 foreign and security 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 (392 for, 179 against, 83 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

392

Against

179

Abstain

Margin of victory

213 votes

Turnout (cast)

654

Absent

Participation rate

91.0%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 158Against 1Abstain 7Absent 19

S&D135 MEPs

For 116Against 4Abstain 1Absent 14

PfE84 MEPs

For 0Against 70Abstain 8Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 62Absent 5

Renew78 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 42Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 39Abstain 0Absent 6

NI29 MEPs

For 2Against 22Abstain 3Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 25Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
Spain39
Italy28
Poland25
Romania25

Most against

France42
Hungary11
Slovakia8
Malta3

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
France
Greece
Italy
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 2Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 10Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 32Against 42Abstain 1Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 24Abstain 1Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 18Abstain 25Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 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 16Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 39Against 13Abstain 2Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

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