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All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · 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 votes620All roll calls5 928
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.

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 20240.47118 votes0.62119 votes0.6094 votes—0 votes0.50120 votes0.57120 votes0.78118 votes—0 votes0.68120 votes0.78120 votes0.51120 votes0.56118 votes0.9420 votes0.5699 votes0.64114 votes0.52120 votes—3 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.69120 votes0.73120 votes0.72119 votes0.63119 votes0.78120 votes—0 votes0.43117 votes
Q4 20240.56392 votes0.62396 votes0.61376 votes—0 votes0.53396 votes0.60396 votes0.70391 votes—0 votes0.65396 votes0.75394 votes0.47396 votes0.54360 votes0.73348 votes0.64287 votes0.79330 votes0.50396 votes0.68270 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.63396 votes0.62396 votes0.71396 votes0.63394 votes0.69396 votes—0 votes0.46396 votes
Q1 20250.56385 votes0.59389 votes0.55377 votes—0 votes0.51387 votes0.58389 votes0.70372 votes—0 votes0.65388 votes0.73380 votes0.46389 votes0.50358 votes0.74345 votes0.64320 votes0.72368 votes0.47389 votes0.69316 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.64389 votes0.66389 votes0.71387 votes0.70388 votes0.70389 votes—0 votes0.43387 votes
Q2 20250.52962 votes0.59962 votes0.57957 votes—0 votes0.55962 votes0.58962 votes0.67946 votes—0 votes0.66961 votes0.74934 votes0.40962 votes0.53838 votes0.72746 votes0.65904 votes0.82953 votes0.44962 votes0.62788 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.59962 votes0.56962 votes0.71962 votes0.62962 votes0.66962 votes—0 votes0.43840 votes
Q3 20250.55431 votes0.58431 votes0.66430 votes—0 votes0.55431 votes0.57431 votes0.69430 votes—0 votes0.65431 votes0.75428 votes0.45431 votes0.56431 votes0.71406 votes0.67379 votes0.80384 votes0.50431 votes0.69251 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.60431 votes0.61431 votes0.71431 votes0.69431 votes0.66431 votes—0 votes0.45427 votes
Q4 20250.541,109 votes0.581,109 votes0.651,095 votes—0 votes0.561,109 votes0.591,109 votes0.681,108 votes—0 votes0.671,109 votes0.731,098 votes0.441,109 votes0.54989 votes0.70846 votes0.741,003 votes0.761,089 votes0.471,109 votes0.64858 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.601,109 votes0.601,109 votes0.711,104 votes0.671,108 votes0.661,109 votes—0 votes0.411,105 votes
Q1 20260.55838 votes0.62838 votes0.62828 votes—0 votes0.56838 votes0.58838 votes0.65837 votes—0 votes0.66838 votes0.71835 votes0.47838 votes0.50776 votes0.68701 votes0.78597 votes0.77762 votes0.51838 votes0.69554 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.59838 votes0.62838 votes0.75836 votes0.71837 votes0.63838 votes—0 votes0.46802 votes
Q2 20260.501,037 votes0.591,037 votes0.59983 votes—0 votes0.541,037 votes0.571,038 votes0.681,036 votes—0 votes0.651,038 votes0.761,030 votes0.441,037 votes0.511,014 votes0.73393 votes0.55912 votes0.811,029 votes0.431,037 votes0.62701 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.551,037 votes0.531,038 votes0.711,033 votes0.601,036 votes0.661,038 votes—0 votes0.41981 votes
Q3 20260.52645 votes0.59645 votes0.57641 votes—0 votes0.54644 votes0.58645 votes0.65644 votes—0 votes0.65645 votes0.75642 votes0.45645 votes0.53631 votes0.73582 votes0.57600 votes0.81431 votes0.46645 votes0.65628 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.57645 votes0.57645 votes0.74645 votes0.64644 votes0.68645 votes—0 votes0.44645 votes
Whole period0.530.590.60—0.550.580.68—0.660.740.440.520.720.650.790.470.65———0.590.590.720.650.66—0.43
Votes considered5,9175,9265,78105,9245,9285,88205,9265,8615,9275,5154,3875,1015,4605,9274,3690005,9275,9285,9135,9195,92805,700

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 0.535 91720
Belgium 0.595 92622
Bulgaria 0.605 78117
Cyprus fewer than 10 seats — not compared—06
Czechia 0.555 92421
Germany 0.585 92895
Denmark 0.685 88215
Estonia fewer than 10 seats — not compared—07
Spain 0.665 92660
Finland 0.745 86115
France 0.445 92781
Greece 0.525 51521
Croatia 0.724 38712
Hungary 0.655 10121
Ireland 0.795 46014
Italy 0.475 92776
Lithuania 0.654 36911
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 0.595 92731
Poland 0.595 92853
Portugal 0.725 91321
Romania 0.655 91933
Sweden 0.665 92821
Slovenia fewer than 10 seats — not compared—09
Slovakia 0.435 70015

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).
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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
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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Cohesion — All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · national delegations · per quarter · abstentions counted”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=quarter&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.
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@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 quarter · abstentions counted}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=quarter&by=country&scope=all&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=quarter&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}
}