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Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 26 Sept 2026 · topic Foreign affairs (model-assigned) · national delegations · per quarter · abstentions counted

How united do the delegations vote — over time, and on the votes of each committee or topic?

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Period Term202420252026Last 6 months
Custom dates
Votes Final votes245All roll calls2 136
Blocs GroupsDelegations
Periods Part-sessionsQuartersMonthsWhole period
Positions For, against, abstainedFor and against only ⓘ

Cohesion over time

Agreement Index per quarter, 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.

Cohesion of the delegations per quarter, Q3 2024 to Q3 2026: Agreement Index from 0 (evenly split) to 1 (all voted the same).

Q3 2024 → Q3 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
Agreement Index per period (0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same), with the votes counted in it. — : fewer than 20 votes counted in the period (a vote counts for a bloc when at least 10 of its members and a third of its seats voted).
PeriodAustriaBelgiumBulgariaCyprusCzechiaGermanyDenmarkEstoniaSpainFinlandFranceGreeceCroatiaHungaryIrelandItalyLithuaniaLuxembourgLatviaMaltaNetherlandsPolandPortugalRomaniaSwedenSloveniaSlovakia
Q3 2024—7 votes—7 votes—5 votes—0 votes—7 votes—7 votes—7 votes—0 votes—7 votes—7 votes—7 votes—7 votes—1 vote—4 votes—6 votes—7 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—7 votes—7 votes—7 votes—7 votes—7 votes—0 votes—6 votes
Q4 20240.6220 votes0.8120 votes—17 votes—0 votes0.6520 votes0.6720 votes—19 votes—0 votes0.8120 votes0.9320 votes0.5420 votes—18 votes—19 votes—9 votes—15 votes0.7120 votes—10 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.8220 votes0.7920 votes0.8520 votes0.7520 votes0.9720 votes—0 votes0.3820 votes
Q1 2025—19 votes—19 votes—19 votes—0 votes—19 votes—19 votes—17 votes—0 votes—19 votes—19 votes—19 votes—17 votes—14 votes—12 votes—18 votes—19 votes—14 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—19 votes—19 votes—19 votes—19 votes—19 votes—0 votes—19 votes
Q2 20250.5930 votes0.6930 votes0.6829 votes—0 votes0.6730 votes0.6230 votes0.7630 votes—0 votes0.7330 votes0.8528 votes0.4930 votes0.4425 votes0.8823 votes0.7523 votes0.8030 votes0.6330 votes0.8425 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.7030 votes0.7930 votes0.8030 votes0.7930 votes0.8030 votes—0 votes0.4825 votes
Q3 20250.6725 votes0.6925 votes0.7425 votes—0 votes0.6825 votes0.6525 votes0.8725 votes—0 votes0.8025 votes0.9025 votes0.5625 votes0.5725 votes0.9423 votes—19 votes0.8522 votes0.7125 votes—17 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.7525 votes0.8125 votes0.8525 votes0.8325 votes0.8725 votes—0 votes0.5225 votes
Q4 20250.6840 votes0.7140 votes0.8137 votes—0 votes0.7240 votes0.6940 votes0.8240 votes—0 votes0.8540 votes0.8539 votes0.6540 votes0.5635 votes0.9529 votes0.7929 votes0.8340 votes0.6940 votes0.8632 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.7540 votes0.8240 votes0.8840 votes0.8940 votes0.8440 votes—0 votes0.4540 votes
Q1 20260.5936 votes0.6836 votes0.6736 votes—0 votes0.6436 votes0.6736 votes0.8636 votes—0 votes0.7736 votes0.8536 votes0.5636 votes0.4934 votes0.9130 votes0.8424 votes0.8030 votes0.6336 votes0.8821 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.6936 votes0.7236 votes0.8636 votes0.8336 votes0.8536 votes—0 votes0.4535 votes
Q2 20260.5440 votes0.6440 votes0.7438 votes—0 votes0.7140 votes0.6541 votes0.8040 votes—0 votes0.7541 votes0.8340 votes0.5740 votes0.4441 votes0.9224 votes0.6030 votes0.7740 votes0.6441 votes—19 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.6540 votes0.7741 votes0.8040 votes0.8241 votes0.8041 votes—0 votes0.5041 votes
Q3 20260.6227 votes0.6927 votes0.7127 votes—0 votes0.7326 votes0.7227 votes0.8227 votes—0 votes0.7527 votes0.8427 votes0.6127 votes0.5426 votes0.8925 votes0.5822 votes—16 votes0.6927 votes0.8927 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.7327 votes0.7527 votes0.8327 votes0.8627 votes0.8627 votes—0 votes0.6427 votes
Whole period0.620.700.71—0.680.660.82—0.780.860.580.510.920.710.810.670.87———0.720.780.830.830.84—0.48
Votes considered244244233024324524102452412442281881722172451650002442452442452450238

Over the whole selection

Each delegation’s Agreement Index over every vote in the selection where enough of its members voted.

Cohesion: the Agreement Index (0–1) over the votes counted — votes where at least 10 members and a third of the seats voted; — : fewer than 20 such votes. Seats: members now. Order as the backend lists the blocs, not a ranking.
DelegationCohesionVotes countedSeats
Austria 0.6224420
Belgium 0.7024422
Bulgaria 0.7123317
Cyprus fewer than 10 seats — not compared—06
Czechia 0.6824321
Germany 0.6624595
Denmark 0.8224115
Estonia fewer than 10 seats — not compared—07
Spain 0.7824560
Finland 0.8624115
France 0.5824481
Greece 0.5122821
Croatia 0.9218812
Hungary 0.7117221
Ireland 0.8121714
Italy 0.6724576
Lithuania 0.8716511
Luxembourg fewer than 10 seats — not compared—06
Latvia fewer than 10 seats — not compared—09
Malta fewer than 10 seats — not compared—06
Netherlands 0.7224431
Poland 0.7824553
Portugal 0.8324421
Romania 0.8324533
Sweden 0.8424521
Slovenia fewer than 10 seats — not compared—09
Slovakia 0.4823815

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.

  • 245 votes considered (final votes matching the filters; scope).
  • 28 of 273 decisions in the period had no final vote recorded by name (a show of hands or a count without names) and cannot be measured.
  • 1 759 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 26 Sept 2026, 03:32 UTC (data stamp 579b2832c723, code 6d4005c55bde; what the stamp is).
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data version 579b2832c723 (26 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
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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Cohesion — Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 26 Sept 2026 · topic Foreign affairs (model-assigned) · national delegations · per quarter · abstentions counted”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=month&by=country&topic=foreign-affairs&to=2026-09-26 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0); data version 579b2832c723 (26 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.
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@misc{epw-analysis-2026-09-26,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Cohesion — Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 26 Sept 2026 · topic Foreign affairs (model-assigned) · national delegations · per quarter · abstentions counted}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=month&by=country&topic=foreign-affairs&to=2026-09-26}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=month&by=country&topic=foreign-affairs&to=2026-09-26},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Analysis. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0); data version 579b2832c723 (26 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}
}