Analysis
Cohesion
All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · national delegations · per month · abstentions counted
How united do the delegations vote — over time, and on the votes of each committee or topic?
Cohesion over time
Agreement Index per month, from 0 (evenly split) to 1 (all voted the same). A vote counts for a bloc when at least 10 of its members and a third of its seats voted; a gap is a period with fewer than 20 votes counted.
Jul 2024 → Sept 2026; each panel highlights one series, the others faint behind it.
Dashed: a period with fewer than 20 votes counted (no value) between two that have one.
Data as a table
| Period | Austria | Belgium | Bulgaria | Cyprus | Czechia | Germany | Denmark | Estonia | Spain | Finland | France | Greece | Croatia | Hungary | Ireland | Italy | Lithuania | Luxembourg | Latvia | Malta | Netherlands | Poland | Portugal | Romania | Sweden | Slovenia | Slovakia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 0.4322 votes | 0.6123 votes | 0.7222 votes | —0 votes | 0.4524 votes | 0.6424 votes | 0.8723 votes | —0 votes | 0.7524 votes | 0.8524 votes | 0.4224 votes | 0.3422 votes | —18 votes | 0.7423 votes | 0.6122 votes | 0.4524 votes | —1 vote | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.6924 votes | 0.7524 votes | 0.7023 votes | 0.6623 votes | 0.9024 votes | —0 votes | 0.3424 votes |
| Sept 2024 | 0.4896 votes | 0.6296 votes | 0.5772 votes | —0 votes | 0.5296 votes | 0.5696 votes | 0.7695 votes | —0 votes | 0.6696 votes | 0.7696 votes | 0.5396 votes | 0.6196 votes | —2 votes | 0.5076 votes | 0.6592 votes | 0.5496 votes | —2 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.6996 votes | 0.7296 votes | 0.7296 votes | 0.6296 votes | 0.7596 votes | —0 votes | 0.4593 votes |
| Oct 2024 | 0.59179 votes | 0.63179 votes | 0.65165 votes | —0 votes | 0.58179 votes | 0.62179 votes | 0.70178 votes | —0 votes | 0.66179 votes | 0.76179 votes | 0.49179 votes | 0.52175 votes | 0.75171 votes | 0.65172 votes | 0.78174 votes | 0.54179 votes | 0.66114 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.64179 votes | 0.62179 votes | 0.74179 votes | 0.66179 votes | 0.70179 votes | —0 votes | 0.47179 votes |
| Nov 2024 | 0.50122 votes | 0.55126 votes | 0.54123 votes | —0 votes | 0.45126 votes | 0.55126 votes | 0.70123 votes | —0 votes | 0.60126 votes | 0.72124 votes | 0.44126 votes | 0.54106 votes | 0.72114 votes | 0.5469 votes | 0.7365 votes | 0.44126 votes | 0.65117 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.60126 votes | 0.68126 votes | 0.61126 votes | 0.55124 votes | 0.66126 votes | —0 votes | 0.45126 votes |
| Dec 2024 | 0.5891 votes | 0.6991 votes | 0.6488 votes | —0 votes | 0.5491 votes | 0.6191 votes | 0.6990 votes | —0 votes | 0.6891 votes | 0.7791 votes | 0.4691 votes | 0.6079 votes | 0.7063 votes | 0.7746 votes | 0.8491 votes | 0.5191 votes | 0.8339 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.6491 votes | 0.5491 votes | 0.7891 votes | 0.6791 votes | 0.7091 votes | —0 votes | 0.4991 votes |
| Jan 2025 | 0.6447 votes | 0.6750 votes | 0.5545 votes | —0 votes | 0.5250 votes | 0.5950 votes | 0.7247 votes | —0 votes | 0.7249 votes | 0.7447 votes | 0.5150 votes | 0.5249 votes | 0.7741 votes | —5 votes | 0.9037 votes | 0.5350 votes | 0.7135 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.6350 votes | 0.6950 votes | 0.7649 votes | 0.6950 votes | 0.6850 votes | —0 votes | 0.4150 votes |
| Feb 2025 | 0.5973 votes | 0.5873 votes | 0.6370 votes | —0 votes | 0.5173 votes | 0.6173 votes | 0.6862 votes | —0 votes | 0.7073 votes | 0.7172 votes | 0.5073 votes | 0.5343 votes | 0.7348 votes | 0.5863 votes | 0.7171 votes | 0.5073 votes | 0.7070 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.6573 votes | 0.7773 votes | 0.7173 votes | 0.7372 votes | 0.7173 votes | —0 votes | 0.4973 votes |
| Mar 2025 | 0.54265 votes | 0.57266 votes | 0.52262 votes | —0 votes | 0.51264 votes | 0.58266 votes | 0.70263 votes | —0 votes | 0.63266 votes | 0.73261 votes | 0.43266 votes | 0.49266 votes | 0.74256 votes | 0.66252 votes | 0.70260 votes | 0.45266 votes | 0.68211 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.63266 votes | 0.62266 votes | 0.70265 votes | 0.69266 votes | 0.70266 votes | —0 votes | 0.42264 votes |
| Apr 2025 | 0.52348 votes | 0.53348 votes | 0.56348 votes | —0 votes | 0.54348 votes | 0.58348 votes | 0.64348 votes | —0 votes | 0.64348 votes | 0.69348 votes | 0.41348 votes | 0.49286 votes | 0.68344 votes | 0.70336 votes | 0.75348 votes | 0.43348 votes | 0.60327 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.57348 votes | 0.60348 votes | 0.67348 votes | 0.63348 votes | 0.63348 votes | —0 votes | 0.42348 votes |
| May 2025 | 0.53393 votes | 0.64393 votes | 0.56392 votes | —0 votes | 0.57393 votes | 0.58393 votes | 0.67377 votes | —0 votes | 0.67392 votes | 0.76377 votes | 0.38393 votes | 0.55353 votes | 0.76210 votes | 0.60362 votes | 0.85386 votes | 0.44393 votes | 0.58258 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.60393 votes | 0.54393 votes | 0.73393 votes | 0.60393 votes | 0.67393 votes | —0 votes | 0.44271 votes |
| Jun 2025 | 0.49221 votes | 0.61221 votes | 0.60217 votes | —0 votes | 0.54221 votes | 0.59221 votes | 0.72221 votes | —0 votes | 0.69221 votes | 0.78209 votes | 0.41221 votes | 0.53199 votes | 0.76192 votes | 0.68206 votes | 0.87219 votes | 0.47221 votes | 0.69203 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.62221 votes | 0.55221 votes | 0.75221 votes | 0.63221 votes | 0.69221 votes | —0 votes | 0.43221 votes |
| Jul 2025 | 0.57226 votes | 0.62226 votes | 0.66226 votes | —0 votes | 0.54226 votes | 0.62226 votes | 0.77225 votes | —0 votes | 0.69226 votes | 0.82224 votes | 0.42226 votes | 0.59226 votes | 0.74224 votes | 0.65201 votes | 0.82225 votes | 0.51226 votes | 0.68219 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.63226 votes | 0.58226 votes | 0.75226 votes | 0.68226 votes | 0.72226 votes | —0 votes | 0.45225 votes |
| Sept 2025 | 0.53205 votes | 0.54205 votes | 0.66204 votes | —0 votes | 0.57205 votes | 0.52205 votes | 0.61205 votes | —0 votes | 0.62205 votes | 0.66204 votes | 0.48205 votes | 0.53205 votes | 0.69182 votes | 0.68178 votes | 0.77159 votes | 0.49205 votes | 0.7232 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.57205 votes | 0.64205 votes | 0.68205 votes | 0.70205 votes | 0.58205 votes | —0 votes | 0.44202 votes |
| Oct 2025 | 0.53384 votes | 0.58384 votes | 0.63380 votes | —0 votes | 0.52384 votes | 0.59384 votes | 0.69384 votes | —0 votes | 0.69384 votes | 0.75380 votes | 0.43384 votes | 0.56329 votes | 0.75266 votes | 0.79315 votes | 0.77379 votes | 0.46384 votes | 0.64371 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.57384 votes | 0.57384 votes | 0.73379 votes | 0.68383 votes | 0.64384 votes | —0 votes | 0.41384 votes |
| Nov 2025 | 0.57570 votes | 0.59570 votes | 0.63567 votes | —0 votes | 0.61570 votes | 0.60570 votes | 0.68570 votes | —0 votes | 0.66570 votes | 0.74567 votes | 0.43570 votes | 0.52515 votes | 0.70442 votes | 0.70552 votes | 0.77563 votes | 0.49570 votes | 0.65339 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.63570 votes | 0.64570 votes | 0.70570 votes | 0.67570 votes | 0.66570 votes | —0 votes | 0.41567 votes |
| Dec 2025 | 0.45155 votes | 0.55155 votes | 0.74148 votes | —0 votes | 0.49155 votes | 0.53155 votes | 0.68154 votes | —0 votes | 0.65155 votes | 0.68151 votes | 0.51155 votes | 0.54145 votes | 0.61138 votes | 0.76136 votes | 0.72147 votes | 0.43155 votes | 0.60148 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.56155 votes | 0.52155 votes | 0.72155 votes | 0.63155 votes | 0.69155 votes | —0 votes | 0.40154 votes |
| Jan 2026 | 0.51237 votes | 0.60237 votes | 0.62237 votes | —0 votes | 0.50237 votes | 0.59237 votes | 0.64237 votes | —0 votes | 0.67237 votes | 0.72237 votes | 0.42237 votes | 0.49237 votes | 0.67231 votes | 0.77208 votes | 0.78237 votes | 0.47237 votes | 0.64157 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.58237 votes | 0.59237 votes | 0.75237 votes | 0.70237 votes | 0.63237 votes | —0 votes | 0.39237 votes |
| Feb 2026 | 0.50237 votes | 0.64237 votes | 0.54234 votes | —0 votes | 0.54237 votes | 0.55237 votes | 0.68237 votes | —0 votes | 0.60237 votes | 0.76234 votes | 0.49237 votes | 0.49175 votes | 0.65188 votes | 0.82148 votes | 0.77235 votes | 0.50237 votes | 0.7882 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.58237 votes | 0.59237 votes | 0.71236 votes | 0.63237 votes | 0.64237 votes | —0 votes | 0.44201 votes |
| Mar 2026 | 0.60364 votes | 0.61364 votes | 0.67357 votes | —0 votes | 0.61364 votes | 0.59364 votes | 0.64363 votes | —0 votes | 0.69364 votes | 0.66364 votes | 0.50364 votes | 0.51364 votes | 0.71282 votes | 0.76241 votes | 0.76290 votes | 0.55364 votes | 0.69315 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.60364 votes | 0.66364 votes | 0.78363 votes | 0.77363 votes | 0.63364 votes | —0 votes | 0.50364 votes |
| Apr 2026 | 0.51591 votes | 0.60591 votes | 0.60583 votes | —0 votes | 0.52591 votes | 0.58591 votes | 0.68591 votes | —0 votes | 0.67591 votes | 0.77591 votes | 0.42591 votes | 0.52586 votes | 0.83112 votes | 0.51553 votes | 0.83589 votes | 0.42591 votes | 0.62573 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.54591 votes | 0.49591 votes | 0.74591 votes | 0.60591 votes | 0.67591 votes | —0 votes | 0.39590 votes |
| May 2026 | 0.50201 votes | 0.60201 votes | 0.58158 votes | —0 votes | 0.55201 votes | 0.57201 votes | 0.67200 votes | —0 votes | 0.60201 votes | 0.80194 votes | 0.48201 votes | 0.48183 votes | 0.71128 votes | 0.62144 votes | 0.86197 votes | 0.45200 votes | 0.6399 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.54201 votes | 0.50201 votes | 0.69197 votes | 0.62201 votes | 0.66201 votes | —0 votes | 0.43148 votes |
| Jun 2026 | 0.48245 votes | 0.54245 votes | 0.57242 votes | —0 votes | 0.59245 votes | 0.55246 votes | 0.67245 votes | —0 votes | 0.63246 votes | 0.70245 votes | 0.44245 votes | 0.50245 votes | 0.67153 votes | 0.58215 votes | 0.74243 votes | 0.44246 votes | 0.6029 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.58245 votes | 0.64246 votes | 0.65245 votes | 0.60244 votes | 0.65246 votes | —0 votes | 0.44243 votes |
| Jul 2026 | 0.53285 votes | 0.60285 votes | 0.59282 votes | —0 votes | 0.55285 votes | 0.60285 votes | 0.69285 votes | —0 votes | 0.69285 votes | 0.75283 votes | 0.47285 votes | 0.53285 votes | 0.74246 votes | 0.59251 votes | 0.78282 votes | 0.49285 votes | 0.71273 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.58285 votes | 0.60285 votes | 0.74285 votes | 0.70285 votes | 0.70285 votes | —0 votes | 0.44285 votes |
| Sept 2026 | 0.51360 votes | 0.58360 votes | 0.55359 votes | —0 votes | 0.54359 votes | 0.57360 votes | 0.63359 votes | —0 votes | 0.61360 votes | 0.76359 votes | 0.44360 votes | 0.52346 votes | 0.72336 votes | 0.56349 votes | 0.87149 votes | 0.44360 votes | 0.61355 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | —0 votes | 0.57360 votes | 0.56360 votes | 0.74360 votes | 0.60359 votes | 0.66360 votes | —0 votes | 0.43360 votes |
| Whole period | 0.53 | 0.59 | 0.60 | — | 0.55 | 0.58 | 0.68 | — | 0.66 | 0.74 | 0.44 | 0.52 | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.79 | 0.47 | 0.65 | — | — | — | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.66 | — | 0.43 |
| Votes considered | 5,917 | 5,926 | 5,781 | 0 | 5,924 | 5,928 | 5,882 | 0 | 5,926 | 5,861 | 5,927 | 5,515 | 4,387 | 5,101 | 5,460 | 5,927 | 4,369 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,927 | 5,928 | 5,913 | 5,919 | 5,928 | 0 | 5,700 |
Over the whole selection
Each delegation’s Agreement Index over every vote in the selection where enough of its members voted.
| Delegation | Cohesion | Votes counted | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 0.53 | 5 917 | 20 |
| Belgium | 0.59 | 5 926 | 22 |
| Bulgaria | 0.60 | 5 781 | 17 |
| Cyprus fewer than 10 seats — not compared | — | 0 | 6 |
| Czechia | 0.55 | 5 924 | 21 |
| Germany | 0.58 | 5 928 | 95 |
| Denmark | 0.68 | 5 882 | 15 |
| Estonia fewer than 10 seats — not compared | — | 0 | 7 |
| Spain | 0.66 | 5 926 | 60 |
| Finland | 0.74 | 5 861 | 15 |
| France | 0.44 | 5 927 | 81 |
| Greece | 0.52 | 5 515 | 21 |
| Croatia | 0.72 | 4 387 | 12 |
| Hungary | 0.65 | 5 101 | 21 |
| Ireland | 0.79 | 5 460 | 14 |
| Italy | 0.47 | 5 927 | 76 |
| Lithuania | 0.65 | 4 369 | 11 |
| Luxembourg fewer than 10 seats — not compared | — | 0 | 6 |
| Latvia fewer than 10 seats — not compared | — | 0 | 9 |
| Malta fewer than 10 seats — not compared | — | 0 | 6 |
| Netherlands | 0.59 | 5 927 | 31 |
| Poland | 0.59 | 5 928 | 53 |
| Portugal | 0.72 | 5 913 | 21 |
| Romania | 0.65 | 5 919 | 33 |
| Sweden | 0.66 | 5 928 | 21 |
| Slovenia fewer than 10 seats — not compared | — | 0 | 9 |
| Slovakia | 0.43 | 5 700 | 15 |
The tables by committee and by topic are computed over a whole period: choose Whole period.
About these figures
What was counted, what was left out, and how.
- 5 928 votes considered (all roll-call votes matching the filters; scope).
- 174 of 794 decisions in the period had no final vote recorded by name (a show of hands or a count without names) and cannot be measured.
- 40 910 times a bloc had too few members voting on a vote (fewer than 10, or under a third of its seats) and was left out of that vote (turnout rule).
- Cohesion is the Agreement Index: 1 when every voting member took the same position, 0 when the bloc split evenly three ways (method). A bloc counts on a vote only when at least 10 of its members and a third of its seats voted; the non-attached have no group cohesion.
- A delegation’s cohesion reflects the mix of groups its members sit in. Delegations with fewer than 10 seats are shown but not compared.
- Months are offered for all roll calls only, and a month needs at least 20 votes.
- Each member is counted in the group they belonged to on the day of the vote (group at the date).
- Roll calls are not a random sample: final votes on laws are recorded by name, most other roll calls because a group asked for it. A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes; the Parliament publishes no whip.
- Methods: Cohesion (Agreement Index) v1, Final votes and all roll calls v1, Group at the date of the vote v1.
- Data as of 25 Sept 2026, 03:36 UTC (data stamp f37e5638cded, code 6d4005c55bde; what the stamp is).
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Data version
- data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1 · methods
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Cohesion — All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · national delegations · per month · abstentions counted”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=month&by=country&scope=all&to=2026-09-25 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1.
BibTeX
@misc{epw-analysis-2026-09-25,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Cohesion — All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · national delegations · per month · abstentions counted}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=month&by=country&scope=all&to=2026-09-25}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=month&by=country&scope=all&to=2026-09-25},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Analysis. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1}
}