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Amendments to Parliament's Rules of Procedure concerning appointments to Union agencies and bodies (Rule 135)

Institutional Affairs61%★

Confidence: 61%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "rules of procedure"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 189909Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Institutional decision
✓High participation

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+8 / 15

Rebel votes+0 / 10

Group division+0 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Amendments to Parliament's Rules of Procedure concerning appointments to Union agencies and bodies (Rule 135)”. EPP, S&D, ECR, PfE, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (657 for, 0 against, 3 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

657

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

657 votes

Turnout (cast)

660

Absent

Participation rate

91.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 167Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

S&D135 MEPs

For 125Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR82 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

PfE85 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

The Left45 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany92
France75
Italy68
Spain53
Poland49

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

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