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All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · topic Simplification & red tape (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 votes22All roll calls308
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, 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—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—3 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—3 votes—3 votes—3 votes—3 votes—3 votes—0 votes—3 votes
Q1 2025—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—0 votes—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—0 votes—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—0 votes—1 vote
Q2 20250.6434 votes0.6434 votes0.5934 votes—0 votes0.5534 votes0.6434 votes—19 votes—0 votes0.6733 votes0.7832 votes0.4034 votes—17 votes—0 votes—18 votes0.8934 votes0.3834 votes—18 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.7334 votes0.5534 votes0.7834 votes0.5534 votes0.7834 votes—0 votes—18 votes
Q3 20250.5571 votes0.5471 votes0.6871 votes—0 votes0.5871 votes0.5571 votes0.6471 votes—0 votes0.6171 votes0.6971 votes0.5071 votes0.5771 votes0.6771 votes0.6571 votes0.8062 votes0.4871 votes—8 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.6071 votes0.6371 votes0.6471 votes0.6271 votes0.6171 votes—0 votes0.4171 votes
Q4 20250.59147 votes0.52147 votes0.67147 votes—0 votes0.78147 votes0.59147 votes0.63147 votes—0 votes0.61147 votes0.60147 votes0.48147 votes0.46147 votes0.69147 votes0.71147 votes0.73144 votes0.46147 votes0.61133 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.61147 votes0.67147 votes0.61147 votes0.68147 votes0.59147 votes—0 votes0.43147 votes
Q1 20260.6030 votes0.6630 votes0.6430 votes—0 votes0.5630 votes0.7330 votes0.8230 votes—0 votes0.7830 votes0.8330 votes0.3830 votes0.6430 votes0.8625 votes0.9729 votes—0 votes0.4430 votes0.7427 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.6630 votes0.5430 votes0.8730 votes0.7430 votes0.7830 votes—0 votes0.4830 votes
Q2 2026—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—0 votes—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—0 votes—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—2 votes—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—15 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—0 votes—18 votes
Q3 2026—4 votes—4 votes—4 votes—0 votes—4 votes—4 votes—4 votes—0 votes—4 votes—4 votes—4 votes—4 votes—4 votes—4 votes—1 vote—4 votes—3 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—4 votes—4 votes—4 votes—4 votes—4 votes—0 votes—4 votes
Whole period0.580.550.66—0.680.590.66—0.630.660.470.520.710.700.760.450.63———0.630.640.650.640.64—0.44
Votes considered308308308030830829303073063082912532912633082080003083083083083080292

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 0.5830820
Belgium 0.5530822
Bulgaria 0.6630817
Cyprus fewer than 10 seats — not compared—06
Czechia 0.6830821
Germany 0.5930895
Denmark 0.6629315
Estonia fewer than 10 seats — not compared—07
Spain 0.6330760
Finland 0.6630615
France 0.4730881
Greece 0.5229121
Croatia 0.7125312
Hungary 0.7029121
Ireland 0.7626314
Italy 0.4530876
Lithuania 0.6320811
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 0.6330831
Poland 0.6430853
Portugal 0.6530821
Romania 0.6430833
Sweden 0.6430821
Slovenia fewer than 10 seats — not compared—09
Slovakia 0.4429215

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.

  • 308 votes considered (all roll-call votes matching the filters; scope).
  • 1 of 23 decisions in the period had no final vote recorded by name (a show of hands or a count without names) and cannot be measured.
  • 2 116 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 · topic Simplification & red tape (model-assigned) · national delegations · per quarter · abstentions counted”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?by=country&scope=all&topic=economy%2Fsimplification&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 · topic Simplification \& red tape (model-assigned) · national delegations · per quarter · abstentions counted}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?by=country&scope=all&topic=economy%2Fsimplification&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?by=country&scope=all&topic=economy%2Fsimplification&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}
}