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Cohesion

Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · national delegations · per quarter · for and against only

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 2024—9 votes—9 votes—7 votes—0 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—0 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—3 votes—6 votes—8 votes—9 votes—2 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—0 votes—8 votes
Q4 20240.6757 votes0.6857 votes0.7454 votes—0 votes0.6357 votes0.6057 votes0.7156 votes—0 votes0.6657 votes0.6957 votes0.6757 votes0.6354 votes0.9154 votes0.7444 votes0.7651 votes0.7357 votes0.7439 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.7157 votes0.7657 votes0.7257 votes0.7357 votes0.6657 votes—0 votes0.6157 votes
Q1 20250.7030 votes0.7530 votes0.7230 votes—0 votes0.6330 votes0.6530 votes0.7528 votes—0 votes0.7630 votes0.8130 votes0.7030 votes0.6328 votes0.9324 votes0.7323 votes0.7929 votes0.7630 votes0.8922 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.7830 votes0.8730 votes0.8130 votes0.9130 votes0.7830 votes—0 votes0.5530 votes
Q2 20250.5484 votes0.6684 votes0.6983 votes—0 votes0.6484 votes0.6084 votes0.7183 votes—0 votes0.7283 votes0.7580 votes0.3884 votes0.4773 votes0.8861 votes0.6675 votes0.8184 votes0.6584 votes0.8467 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.6584 votes0.7584 votes0.7584 votes0.8184 votes0.6784 votes—0 votes0.5970 votes
Q3 20250.6358 votes0.6758 votes0.7058 votes—0 votes0.6958 votes0.5858 votes0.7758 votes—0 votes0.7958 votes0.8357 votes0.5558 votes0.5358 votes0.9155 votes0.7752 votes0.8455 votes0.7458 votes0.8744 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.6858 votes0.8158 votes0.8458 votes0.8558 votes0.7258 votes—0 votes0.5658 votes
Q4 20250.61121 votes0.63121 votes0.71118 votes—0 votes0.67121 votes0.54121 votes0.66121 votes—0 votes0.68121 votes0.70120 votes0.55121 votes0.53112 votes0.8299 votes0.76106 votes0.74121 votes0.65121 votes0.7495 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.61121 votes0.70121 votes0.73121 votes0.76121 votes0.63121 votes—0 votes0.53121 votes
Q1 20260.6089 votes0.6489 votes0.6588 votes—0 votes0.6889 votes0.6289 votes0.7289 votes—0 votes0.7289 votes0.7689 votes0.5889 votes0.5187 votes0.8977 votes0.8061 votes0.7875 votes0.6789 votes0.8061 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.6289 votes0.6889 votes0.8089 votes0.8289 votes0.6589 votes—0 votes0.6087 votes
Q2 20260.5399 votes0.6899 votes0.7295 votes—0 votes0.7199 votes0.63100 votes0.7498 votes—0 votes0.74100 votes0.8096 votes0.5799 votes0.50100 votes0.8950 votes0.6687 votes0.8699 votes0.6699 votes0.8160 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.5999 votes0.69100 votes0.7799 votes0.81100 votes0.72100 votes—0 votes0.5896 votes
Q3 20260.5572 votes0.6472 votes0.6772 votes—0 votes0.7171 votes0.6172 votes0.6872 votes—0 votes0.6872 votes0.7472 votes0.6072 votes0.5371 votes0.9166 votes0.7267 votes0.8546 votes0.6972 votes0.8069 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.5972 votes0.6772 votes0.7472 votes0.7872 votes0.6672 votes—0 votes0.6572 votes
Whole period0.590.660.70—0.680.600.71—0.710.750.560.530.880.730.800.680.80———0.640.720.760.800.67—0.58
Votes considered619619605061862061406196106195924895215686194590006196206196206200599

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 0.5961920
Belgium 0.6661922
Bulgaria 0.7060517
Cyprus fewer than 10 seats — not compared—06
Czechia 0.6861821
Germany 0.6062095
Denmark 0.7161415
Estonia fewer than 10 seats — not compared—07
Spain 0.7161960
Finland 0.7561015
France 0.5661981
Greece 0.5359221
Croatia 0.8848912
Hungary 0.7352121
Ireland 0.8056814
Italy 0.6861976
Lithuania 0.8045911
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 0.6461931
Poland 0.7262053
Portugal 0.7661921
Romania 0.8062033
Sweden 0.6762021
Slovenia fewer than 10 seats — not compared—09
Slovakia 0.5859915

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.

  • 620 votes considered (final 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.
  • 4 252 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 — Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · national delegations · per quarter · for and against only”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=quarter&by=country&variant=forAgainst&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 — Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · national delegations · per quarter · for and against only}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=quarter&by=country&variant=forAgainst&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=quarter&by=country&variant=forAgainst&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}
}