← Votes·2026-02-12

Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy

Vote ID 184393Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (385 for, 141 against, 53 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

385

Against

141

Abstain

Margin of victory

244 votes

Turnout (cast)

579

Absent

140

Participation rate

80.5%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 129Against 10Abstain 3Absent 43

S&D135 MEPs

For 110Against 0Abstain 0Absent 25

PfE84 MEPs

For 0Against 38Abstain 31Absent 15

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 59Abstain 5Absent 17

Renew78 MEPs

For 48Against 3Abstain 12Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 1Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 16Against 6Abstain 1Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany58
Spain42
France34
Italy32
Poland25

Most against

Czech Republic12

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Italy
Poland
Slovenia
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

France81 MEPs

For 34Against 6Abstain 23Absent 18

Germany96 MEPs

For 58Against 17Abstain 4Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 8Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 24Abstain 0Absent 20

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 15Against 7Abstain 6Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 20Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 2Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 5Abstain 1Absent 9

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 42Against 9Abstain 1Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 1Absent 3

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