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Cohesion

Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 26 Sept 2026 · topic EU budget & funds (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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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, Q4 2024 to Q3 2026: Agreement Index from 0 (evenly split) to 1 (all voted the same).

Q4 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
Q4 2024—13 votes—13 votes—13 votes—0 votes—13 votes—13 votes—13 votes—0 votes—13 votes—13 votes—13 votes—13 votes—12 votes—13 votes—13 votes—13 votes—7 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—13 votes—13 votes—13 votes—13 votes—13 votes—0 votes—13 votes
Q1 2025—3 votes—3 votes—3 votes—0 votes—3 votes—3 votes—3 votes—0 votes—3 votes—3 votes—3 votes—3 votes—3 votes—3 votes—3 votes—3 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—3 votes—3 votes—3 votes—3 votes—3 votes—0 votes—3 votes
Q2 20250.5725 votes0.6625 votes0.7025 votes—0 votes0.5325 votes0.6325 votes0.6625 votes—0 votes0.7525 votes0.7725 votes0.4425 votes0.4824 votes0.8924 votes0.5225 votes0.8525 votes0.6825 votes0.7923 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.5925 votes0.7625 votes0.7325 votes0.8425 votes0.6025 votes—0 votes0.6624 votes
Q3 2025—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—0 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—0 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—0 votes—9 votes
Q4 2025—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—0 votes—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—0 votes—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—17 votes—15 votes—17 votes—18 votes—18 votes—17 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—0 votes—18 votes
Q1 2026—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—0 votes—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—0 votes—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—9 votes—9 votes—8 votes—10 votes—9 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—0 votes—10 votes
Q2 2026—16 votes—16 votes—16 votes—0 votes—16 votes—16 votes—16 votes—0 votes—16 votes—16 votes—16 votes—16 votes—7 votes—16 votes—16 votes—16 votes—14 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—16 votes—16 votes—16 votes—16 votes—16 votes—0 votes—15 votes
Q3 2026—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—0 votes—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—0 votes—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—7 votes—10 votes—10 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—0 votes—10 votes
Whole period0.590.690.71—0.580.640.68—0.780.800.530.550.910.660.830.680.81———0.590.700.790.820.62—0.59
Votes considered104104104010410410401041041041028910299104890001041041041041040102

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 0.5910420
Belgium 0.6910422
Bulgaria 0.7110417
Cyprus fewer than 10 seats — not compared—06
Czechia 0.5810421
Germany 0.6410495
Denmark 0.6810415
Estonia fewer than 10 seats — not compared—07
Spain 0.7810460
Finland 0.8010415
France 0.5310481
Greece 0.5510221
Croatia 0.918912
Hungary 0.6610221
Ireland 0.839914
Italy 0.6810476
Lithuania 0.818911
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 0.5910431
Poland 0.7010453
Portugal 0.7910421
Romania 0.8210433
Sweden 0.6210421
Slovenia fewer than 10 seats — not compared—09
Slovakia 0.5910215

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.

  • 104 votes considered (final votes matching the filters; scope).
  • 20 of 124 decisions in the period had no final vote recorded by name (a show of hands or a count without names) and cannot be measured.
  • 665 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 EU budget & funds (model-assigned) · national delegations · per quarter · abstentions counted”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=quarter&by=country&topic=budget&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 EU budget \& funds (model-assigned) · national delegations · per quarter · abstentions counted}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=quarter&by=country&topic=budget&to=2026-09-26}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=quarter&by=country&topic=budget&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}
}