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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 188630Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Enlargement
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+15 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “EU enlargement strategy”. 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 narrow margin (301 for, 300 against, 24 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

301

Against

300

Abstain

Margin of victory

1 votes

Turnout (cast)

625

Absent

Participation rate

87.1%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 1 vote. 93 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (93) was larger than the 1-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 25 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
PfEhad 22 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
S&Dhad 17 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
Greens-EFAhad 8 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
Renewhad 7 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
ECRhad 4 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
NIhad 4 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
ESNhad 3 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
Lefthad 2 absent MEPs (margin was 1)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

France (23 absent)Spain (16 absent)Hungary (12 absent)Germany (5 absent)Italy (4 absent)Poland (4 absent)Romania (4 absent)Croatia (3 absent)Sweden (3 absent)Belgium (2 absent)Bulgaria (2 absent)Czech Republic (2 absent)Greece (2 absent)Ireland (2 absent)Netherlands (2 absent)Slovakia (2 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP184 MEPs

For 78Against 77Abstain 4Absent 25

S&D135 MEPs

For 102Against 10Abstain 6Absent 17

ECR82 MEPs

For 4Against 72Abstain 2Absent 4

Renew78 MEPs

For 61Against 7Abstain 3Absent 7

PfE84 MEPs

For 0Against 62Abstain 0Absent 22

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 11Against 23Abstain 9Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 0Against 25Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
Italy33
Spain24
Portugal16
Romania16

Most against

Poland42
France35
Greece19
Bulgaria14
Czech Republic14

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Estonia
France
Italy
Netherlands
Romania
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 3Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 23Against 35Abstain 0Absent 23

Germany95 MEPs

For 64Against 24Abstain 2Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 2Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 31Abstain 8Absent 4

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 15Against 14Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 7Against 42Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 13Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 24Against 20Abstain 0Absent 16

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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