← Votes·2026-06-16

Role of trade in strengthening the EU's economic security

Vote ID 193516Source: 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 “Role of trade in strengthening the EU's economic security”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. PfE and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (415 for, 105 against, 142 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

415

Against

105

Abstain

142

Margin of victory

310 votes

Turnout (cast)

662

Absent

Participation rate

93.0%

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

By political group

EPP181 MEPs

For 161Against 0Abstain 5Absent 15

S&D135 MEPs

For 125Against 0Abstain 2Absent 8

PfE85 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 63Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 8Against 21Abstain 49Absent 4

Renew77 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Greens/EFA51 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 13Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 37Abstain 5Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 11Against 14Abstain 3Absent 1

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany69
Spain41
Poland25
Netherlands20
Romania20

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 5Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

France80 MEPs

For 28Against 8Abstain 41Absent 3

Germany95 MEPs

For 69Against 22Abstain 0Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Hungary20 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 10Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 26Against 11Abstain 35Absent 4

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands30 MEPs

For 20Against 7Abstain 3Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 20Abstain 6Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 3Abstain 5Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain60 MEPs

For 41Against 5Abstain 10Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0

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