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European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026

Economy & Finance63%★

Confidence: 63%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "economic policy"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 186118Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 “European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (392 for, 219 against, 18 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

392

Against

219

Abstain

Margin of victory

173 votes

Turnout (cast)

629

Absent

Participation rate

87.6%

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

By political group

EPP184 MEPs

For 156Against 2Abstain 1Absent 25

S&D135 MEPs

For 119Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 4Absent 5

Renew78 MEPs

For 69Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

PfE84 MEPs

For 0Against 57Abstain 6Absent 21

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 4Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 40Abstain 2Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 4Against 21Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 1Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
Spain35
Romania22
Netherlands21
Portugal17

Most against

Italy40
France31
Poland25
Greece9
Slovakia8

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Czech Republic
France
Greece
Italy
Latvia
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 8Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 26Against 31Abstain 2Absent 22

Germany95 MEPs

For 64Against 25Abstain 1Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 40Abstain 0Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 24Against 25Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 22Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 35Against 9Abstain 2Absent 14

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

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