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Cohesion

All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · national delegations · whole period · abstentions counted

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

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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

By lead committee

Cohesion on the votes of each lead committee’s dossiers, 5 928 votes in all. A figure needs at least 20 votes where enough of the bloc’s members voted.

Lead committee of the dossier. Votes: the votes in the selection under it. Each delegation’s column: its Agreement Index over those votes (0–1), counted only on votes where at least 10 of its members and a third of its seats voted; — : fewer than 20 such votes.
CommitteeVotesAustriaBelgiumBulgariaCyprusCzechiaGermanyDenmarkEstoniaSpainFinlandFranceGreeceCroatiaHungaryIrelandItalyLithuaniaLuxembourgLatviaMaltaNetherlandsPolandPortugalRomaniaSwedenSloveniaSlovakia
Foreign Affairs (AFET)6390.500.570.59—0.530.590.69—0.670.760.400.520.710.670.770.450.68———0.570.600.720.670.68—0.41
Budgets (BUDG)3750.560.610.63—0.540.600.66—0.680.760.420.550.770.630.820.480.65———0.570.540.760.660.63—0.40
Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)3370.570.570.53—0.540.580.69—0.620.720.470.620.740.570.810.460.59———0.590.580.710.570.68—0.54
Budgetary Control (CONT)3230.500.600.55—0.540.580.69—0.680.810.350.570.720.510.870.420.59———0.540.450.730.590.67—0.38
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)3230.520.600.53—0.530.600.70—0.660.780.430.560.760.630.890.390.57———0.560.460.740.580.67—0.41
Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)2870.440.640.48—0.470.510.65—0.480.820.480.560.440.690.840.370.41———0.520.410.610.510.67—0.39
Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)2490.580.640.69—0.590.590.66—0.680.720.440.490.750.640.780.510.71———0.640.650.730.710.66—0.44
International Trade (INTA)2030.500.550.71—0.570.570.71—0.730.650.540.440.590.770.670.530.64———0.640.670.740.710.73—0.48
Legal Affairs (JURI)1950.590.560.67—0.720.610.67—0.670.670.470.490.720.670.770.460.63———0.630.620.670.690.62—0.44
Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)1930.490.560.50—0.490.500.53—0.580.690.360.540.640.670.840.450.56———0.490.550.640.580.47—0.56
Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)1750.600.640.62—0.580.650.75—0.730.780.430.510.830.660.860.530.73———0.660.590.800.720.71—0.42
Housing Crisis (special committee) (HOUS)1540.650.640.75—0.660.580.61—0.690.610.540.520.630.730.760.650.76———0.600.780.820.880.61—0.52
Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)1220.540.590.67—0.580.590.67—0.660.740.510.580.750.650.840.500.71———0.620.610.700.650.64—0.44
Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)870.470.530.63—0.540.470.59—0.680.600.600.590.670.760.650.560.59———0.540.750.690.680.58—0.50
European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)850.550.570.45—0.420.660.69—0.750.840.330.600.790.460.840.360.62———0.610.430.870.630.72—0.34
Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)700.550.540.57—0.520.660.71—0.690.800.390.600.710.680.720.440.65———0.580.560.730.630.59—0.41
Fisheries (PECH)650.560.640.67—0.550.620.71—0.630.760.400.510.720.600.830.500.73———0.610.650.770.690.73—0.49
Petitions (PETI)610.510.480.63—0.660.450.58—0.530.610.440.420.650.760.600.420.55———0.490.640.610.630.54—0.51
Security and Defence (SEDE)490.560.570.63—0.480.610.65—0.660.760.460.430.780.730.620.430.74———0.610.660.780.720.65—0.32
Development (DEVE)440.420.460.45—0.560.490.59—0.460.640.330.480.540.610.830.370.48———0.430.610.560.410.52—0.41
Culture and Education (CULT)280.550.640.48—0.470.660.74—0.750.850.390.530.820.430.910.440.68———0.620.370.750.670.74—0.36
Public Health (SANT)230.410.630.65—0.430.610.65—0.660.660.470.520.780.65—0.670.75———0.560.680.760.800.57—0.54
Regional Development (REGI)11———————————————————————————
Transport and Tourism (TRAN)8———————————————————————————
LEGI (LEGI)2———————————————————————————

By topic

Cohesion on the votes of each topic. A figure needs at least 20 votes where enough of the bloc’s members voted. Topics are assigned by a language model, not checked by hand.

Topic (model-assigned). Votes: the votes in the selection under it. Each delegation’s column: its Agreement Index over those votes (0–1), counted only on votes where at least 10 of its members and a third of its seats voted; — : fewer than 20 such votes.
TopicVotesAustriaBelgiumBulgariaCyprusCzechiaGermanyDenmarkEstoniaSpainFinlandFranceGreeceCroatiaHungaryIrelandItalyLithuaniaLuxembourgLatviaMaltaNetherlandsPolandPortugalRomaniaSwedenSloveniaSlovakia
Foreign affairs2 1360.510.590.61—0.540.580.71—0.670.750.470.500.710.700.740.490.70———0.620.650.720.680.71—0.41
Economy & single market1 2570.580.600.66—0.600.600.67—0.680.690.470.520.730.660.780.510.68———0.630.640.740.710.65—0.45
EU budget & funds1 0920.540.610.63—0.540.600.67—0.690.770.410.550.770.620.820.460.65———0.570.510.750.660.66—0.40
Defence & security7030.500.580.59—0.490.600.74—0.700.780.450.460.770.650.670.480.72———0.670.690.740.700.76—0.38
Justice, rule of law & rights6100.520.610.52—0.480.610.70—0.690.820.400.560.740.590.890.400.58———0.570.420.760.570.69—0.39
Jobs, social affairs & equality6060.470.620.50—0.490.520.62—0.550.780.450.560.560.660.850.430.51———0.530.470.650.560.60—0.45
Climate & environment5190.550.610.57—0.570.610.73—0.640.770.400.580.740.560.840.420.63———0.600.580.740.600.70—0.46
Agriculture, food & fisheries3640.540.520.63—0.550.500.59—0.640.570.560.550.670.700.670.510.59———0.540.640.670.620.61—0.54
Digital, AI & data2970.560.630.55—0.470.660.71—0.760.820.410.540.780.620.860.440.66———0.620.460.830.660.70—0.41
EU institutions & Parliament2920.540.570.59—0.530.590.68—0.680.760.390.540.740.640.770.450.63———0.570.530.730.660.64—0.43
Trade & customs2690.550.590.72—0.550.610.74—0.760.700.530.540.710.700.750.550.69———0.650.630.810.740.76—0.46
Health2600.460.580.54—0.490.510.64—0.520.710.480.550.560.610.770.430.50———0.550.540.600.540.62—0.45
Migration & asylum1220.480.510.62—0.660.500.55—0.510.600.410.400.660.690.760.430.58———0.480.720.580.550.57—0.52
Energy920.560.600.61—0.560.630.73—0.710.770.420.520.850.660.900.530.72———0.610.640.770.720.69—0.44
Transport & tourism840.610.720.67—0.600.640.73—0.780.820.460.580.880.600.880.530.89———0.690.660.810.630.73—0.62

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 · whole period · abstentions counted”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=term&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 · whole period · abstentions counted}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=term&by=country&scope=all&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=term&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}
}