← 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 183778Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (276 for, 305 against, 65 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

276

Against

305

Abstain

Margin of victory

29 votes

Turnout (cast)

646

Absent

Participation rate

89.8%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 29 votes. 73 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (73) was larger than the 29-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

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 10Against 154Abstain 5Absent 16

S&D135 MEPs

For 112Against 0Abstain 9Absent 14

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 73Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 38Against 28Abstain 7Absent 5

PfE84 MEPs

For 0Against 30Abstain 38Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

NI29 MEPs

For 19Against 3Abstain 3Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 6Against 16Abstain 3Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland13
Belgium11
Slovakia11
Finland10
Portugal10

Most against

Germany48
Italy39
Poland37
Spain29
Netherlands17

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 8Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 2Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 16Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 28Against 18Abstain 30Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 40Against 48Abstain 1Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 1Absent 20

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 39Abstain 0Absent 4

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 13Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 8Against 37Abstain 3Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 5Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 10Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 25Against 29Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

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