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All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 26 Sept 2026 · topic Foreign affairs (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 votes245All roll calls2 136
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 20240.4493 votes0.6193 votes0.6075 votes—0 votes0.5193 votes0.5693 votes0.7893 votes—0 votes0.6793 votes0.7893 votes0.5093 votes0.5193 votes—18 votes0.5872 votes0.5992 votes0.5493 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.7093 votes0.8093 votes0.7192 votes0.6293 votes0.8193 votes—0 votes0.3992 votes
Q4 20240.53131 votes0.71131 votes0.59117 votes—0 votes0.46131 votes0.61131 votes0.78130 votes—0 votes0.68131 votes0.89131 votes0.46131 votes0.54115 votes0.81103 votes0.6143 votes0.8593 votes0.49131 votes0.8351 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.69131 votes0.64131 votes0.75131 votes0.62131 votes0.81131 votes—0 votes0.40131 votes
Q1 20250.56277 votes0.59278 votes0.52273 votes—0 votes0.50278 votes0.59278 votes0.73266 votes—0 votes0.66277 votes0.77277 votes0.46278 votes0.47247 votes0.78264 votes0.65212 votes0.72266 votes0.47278 votes0.71233 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.66278 votes0.66278 votes0.72277 votes0.72277 votes0.74278 votes—0 votes0.39278 votes
Q2 20250.49318 votes0.55318 votes0.57316 votes—0 votes0.57318 votes0.56318 votes0.67318 votes—0 votes0.64318 votes0.70314 votes0.42318 votes0.50301 votes0.66299 votes0.75285 votes0.75318 votes0.46318 votes0.63296 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.58318 votes0.66318 votes0.66318 votes0.63318 votes0.65318 votes—0 votes0.46298 votes
Q3 20250.54229 votes0.57229 votes0.66229 votes—0 votes0.56229 votes0.56229 votes0.70229 votes—0 votes0.62229 votes0.73229 votes0.45229 votes0.54229 votes0.65213 votes0.69178 votes0.77222 votes0.49229 votes0.66149 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.60229 votes0.61229 votes0.68229 votes0.68229 votes0.65229 votes—0 votes0.43227 votes
Q4 20250.48270 votes0.58270 votes0.69266 votes—0 votes0.56270 votes0.56270 votes0.72270 votes—0 votes0.73270 votes0.75269 votes0.52270 votes0.48185 votes0.72125 votes0.75207 votes0.71266 votes0.52270 votes0.68172 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.63270 votes0.66270 votes0.77270 votes0.72270 votes0.74270 votes—0 votes0.40270 votes
Q1 20260.51317 votes0.60317 votes0.60316 votes—0 votes0.55317 votes0.57317 votes0.67317 votes—0 votes0.64317 votes0.73316 votes0.49317 votes0.46261 votes0.65260 votes0.87192 votes0.73293 votes0.48317 votes0.75148 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.59317 votes0.64317 votes0.72317 votes0.68317 votes0.67317 votes—0 votes0.40288 votes
Q2 20260.48297 votes0.57297 votes0.61285 votes—0 votes0.57297 votes0.58298 votes0.68297 votes—0 votes0.66298 votes0.75297 votes0.45297 votes0.49288 votes0.69183 votes0.63219 votes0.79297 votes0.48298 votes0.66123 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.59297 votes0.62298 votes0.70297 votes0.64298 votes0.66298 votes—0 votes0.40298 votes
Q3 20260.52202 votes0.62202 votes0.61201 votes—0 votes0.56201 votes0.62202 votes0.74202 votes—0 votes0.71202 votes0.78202 votes0.50202 votes0.55198 votes0.76188 votes0.64162 votes0.76180 votes0.52202 votes0.76196 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.61202 votes0.65202 votes0.78202 votes0.72202 votes0.77202 votes—0 votes0.45202 votes
Whole period0.510.590.61—0.540.580.71—0.670.750.470.500.710.700.740.490.70———0.620.650.720.680.71—0.41
Votes considered2,1342,1352,07802,1342,1362,12202,1352,1282,1351,9171,6531,5702,0272,1361,3680002,1352,1362,1332,1352,13602,084

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 0.512 13420
Belgium 0.592 13522
Bulgaria 0.612 07817
Cyprus fewer than 10 seats — not compared—06
Czechia 0.542 13421
Germany 0.582 13695
Denmark 0.712 12215
Estonia fewer than 10 seats — not compared—07
Spain 0.672 13560
Finland 0.752 12815
France 0.472 13581
Greece 0.501 91721
Croatia 0.711 65312
Hungary 0.701 57021
Ireland 0.742 02714
Italy 0.492 13676
Lithuania 0.701 36811
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 0.622 13531
Poland 0.652 13653
Portugal 0.722 13321
Romania 0.682 13533
Sweden 0.712 13621
Slovenia fewer than 10 seats — not compared—09
Slovakia 0.412 08415

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.

  • 2 136 votes considered (all roll-call votes matching the filters; scope).
  • 28 of 273 decisions in the period had no final vote recorded by name (a show of hands or a count without names) and cannot be measured.
  • 15 105 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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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Cohesion — All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 26 Sept 2026 · topic Foreign affairs (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=foreign-affairs&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 — All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 26 Sept 2026 · topic Foreign affairs (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=foreign-affairs&to=2026-09-26}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?by=country&scope=all&topic=foreign-affairs&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}
}