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Screening of foreign investments in the Union ***I

Vote ID 192436Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 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+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 “Screening of foreign investments in the Union ***I”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN and NI voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (508 for, 64 against, 90 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

508

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

444 votes

Turnout (cast)

662

Absent

Participation rate

93.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 164Against 0Abstain 1Absent 14

S&D135 MEPs

For 124Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

PfE85 MEPs

For 7Against 26Abstain 50Absent 2

ECR82 MEPs

For 55Against 3Abstain 18Absent 6

Renew77 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Greens/EFA52 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 32Against 2Abstain 9Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 3Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 8Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
Italy51
Spain46
France45
Poland30

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

France80 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 32Absent 3

Germany95 MEPs

For 72Against 14Abstain 4Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary18 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 12Absent 0

Ireland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 51Against 7Abstain 9Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta5 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 25Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 30Against 5Abstain 17Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 46Against 1Abstain 6Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

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