← 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"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 183763Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+15 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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”. S&D, PfE, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR and Renew voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (304 for, 302 against, 54 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

304

Against

302

Abstain

Margin of victory

2 votes

Turnout (cast)

660

Absent

Participation rate

91.8%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 2 votes. 59 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (59) was larger than the 2-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 15 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
S&Dhad 11 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
Lefthad 8 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
PfEhad 7 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
ECRhad 7 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
Renewhad 4 absent MEPs (margin was 2)
NIhad 3 absent MEPs (margin was 2)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Hungary (8 absent)Spain (8 absent)Poland (7 absent)Germany (5 absent)France (4 absent)Belgium (3 absent)Italy (3 absent)Romania (3 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 5Against 156Abstain 9Absent 15

S&D135 MEPs

For 122Against 0Abstain 2Absent 11

PfE84 MEPs

For 48Against 22Abstain 7Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 4Against 54Abstain 17Absent 7

Renew78 MEPs

For 9Against 63Abstain 2Absent 4

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

NI29 MEPs

For 22Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 16Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

France53
Germany40
Italy40
Belgium12
Greece12

Most against

Spain30
Poland28
Netherlands17
Romania16
Czech Republic15

Divided delegations

Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 11Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 1Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 53Against 23Abstain 1Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 40Against 39Abstain 12Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 33Abstain 0Absent 3

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 10Against 17Abstain 2Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 6Against 28Abstain 12Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 6Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 16Abstain 3Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 22Against 30Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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