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Tackling barriers to the single market for defence

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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Internal Market64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "single market"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 186401Source: 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 “Tackling barriers to the single market for defence”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (393 for, 169 against, 67 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

393

Against

169

Abstain

Margin of victory

224 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 4Abstain 2Absent 22

S&D135 MEPs

For 115Against 0Abstain 4Absent 16

ECR82 MEPs

For 2Against 35Abstain 40Absent 5

Renew78 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 2Absent 7

PfE84 MEPs

For 0Against 49Abstain 14Absent 21

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 4Against 36Abstain 2Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 2Against 20Abstain 2Absent 5

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany67
Spain36
Italy32
Romania23
Netherlands21

Most against

France35
Poland24
Hungary7

Divided delegations

France
Greece
Latvia
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 11Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 23Against 35Abstain 1Absent 22

Germany95 MEPs

For 67Against 24Abstain 0Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 2Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 17Abstain 24Absent 3

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 8Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 22Against 24Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 5Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 36Against 7Abstain 3Absent 14

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 3Absent 2

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