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EU enlargement strategy

Enlargement65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "enlargement"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 186518Source: 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: Enlargement
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 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 enlargement strategy”. 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 (385 for, 147 against, 98 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

147

Abstain

Margin of victory

238 votes

Turnout (cast)

630

Absent

Participation rate

87.7%

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

By political group

EPP184 MEPs

For 147Against 8Abstain 10Absent 19

S&D135 MEPs

For 106Against 3Abstain 8Absent 18

ECR82 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 57Absent 7

Renew78 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

PfE84 MEPs

For 0Against 58Abstain 5Absent 21

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 7Against 22Abstain 14Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 1Against 22Abstain 2Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 1Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany67
Spain38
Romania24
Poland23
Netherlands20

Most against

France35
Greece13
Slovakia8
Hungary7
Cyprus3

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Czech Republic
France
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 4Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 4Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 7Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 8Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 23Against 35Abstain 1Absent 22

Germany95 MEPs

For 67Against 21Abstain 2Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 8Abstain 33Absent 3

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 20Against 7Abstain 3Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 23Against 6Abstain 19Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 38Against 6Abstain 3Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

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