← Votes·2026-02-11

EU strategic defence and security partnerships

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 184426Source: 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+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 “EU strategic defence and security partnerships”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (440 for, 119 against, 85 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

440

Against

119

Abstain

Margin of victory

321 votes

Turnout (cast)

644

Absent

Participation rate

89.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 162Against 3Abstain 0Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 115Against 3Abstain 2Absent 15

PfE84 MEPs

For 1Against 24Abstain 49Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 60Against 1Abstain 10Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 62Against 2Abstain 6Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 35Against 2Abstain 10Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 38Abstain 3Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 3Against 21Abstain 4Absent 1

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 24Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany62
Italy48
Poland39
Spain39
Romania24

Most against

Hungary13
Slovakia6
Malta3

Divided delegations

Greece
Malta
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 1Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 7Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 20Against 9Abstain 44Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 62Against 27Abstain 0Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 3Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 48Against 8Abstain 11Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 22Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 39Against 3Abstain 2Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 2Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 39Against 6Abstain 7Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

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