← Votes·2026-03-11

Flagship European defence projects of common interest

Defence & Security87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "defence"
title/description contains "european defence"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 186092Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Flagship European defence projects of common interest”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (448 for, 122 against, 38 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

448

Against

122

Abstain

Margin of victory

326 votes

Turnout (cast)

608

Absent

110

Participation rate

84.7%

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

By political group

EPP184 MEPs

For 157Against 0Abstain 0Absent 27

S&D135 MEPs

For 110Against 0Abstain 3Absent 22

ECR82 MEPs

For 47Against 19Abstain 8Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

PfE84 MEPs

For 19Against 22Abstain 22Absent 21

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 41Against 3Abstain 3Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 3Against 37Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 5Against 18Abstain 1Absent 5

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany66
Italy51
France48
Spain34
Romania25

Most against

Hungary7

Divided delegations

Greece
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 7Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 48Against 8Abstain 0Absent 25

Germany95 MEPs

For 66Against 25Abstain 0Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 51Against 12Abstain 7Absent 6

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 23Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 23Against 22Abstain 2Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 34Against 3Abstain 7Absent 16

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 3Absent 2

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