← Votes·2026-04-27

Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the ESN Group – Limiting EU legislation

Vote ID 191135Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the ESN Group – Limiting EU legislation”. PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (127 for, 338 against, 5 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

127

Against

338

Abstain

Margin of victory

211 votes

Turnout (cast)

470

Absent

249

Participation rate

65.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 1Against 116Abstain 1Absent 67

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 85Abstain 0Absent 50

PfE85 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

Renew78 MEPs

For 0Against 54Abstain 0Absent 24

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 42Abstain 0Absent 11

ECR82 MEPs

For 36Against 1Abstain 2Absent 43

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 34Abstain 0Absent 11

NI29 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 2Absent 9

ESN27 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Country angle

Most in favour

Czech Republic10
Hungary7

Most against

Germany54
Spain35
France32
Italy29
Netherlands19

Divided delegations

France
Hungary
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 1Absent 8

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 11

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 0Absent 6

Denmark15 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

France81 MEPs

For 28Against 32Abstain 0Absent 21

Germany96 MEPs

For 14Against 54Abstain 1Absent 27

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 8

Italy76 MEPs

For 11Against 29Abstain 0Absent 36

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 6

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 8Against 19Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 14Against 16Abstain 1Absent 22

Portugal21 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 0Absent 9

Romania33 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 0Absent 18

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 6Against 35Abstain 0Absent 19

Sweden21 MEPs