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Cohesion

Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · topic Economy & single market (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—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—0 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—0 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—0 votes—6 votes
Q1 2025—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—0 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—0 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—5 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—4 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—0 votes—6 votes
Q2 2025—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—0 votes—18 votes—18 votes—17 votes—0 votes—17 votes—17 votes—18 votes—14 votes—8 votes—15 votes—18 votes—18 votes—11 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—0 votes—13 votes
Q3 2025—17 votes—17 votes—17 votes—0 votes—17 votes—17 votes—17 votes—0 votes—17 votes—17 votes—17 votes—17 votes—17 votes—16 votes—17 votes—17 votes—13 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—17 votes—17 votes—17 votes—17 votes—17 votes—0 votes—17 votes
Q4 20250.5932 votes0.6132 votes0.7332 votes—0 votes0.6632 votes0.5532 votes0.6432 votes—0 votes0.7132 votes0.6932 votes0.5732 votes0.5031 votes0.7928 votes0.7231 votes0.7332 votes0.6432 votes0.7625 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.6232 votes0.7032 votes0.7232 votes0.8032 votes0.6532 votes—0 votes0.5232 votes
Q1 20260.6327 votes0.6727 votes0.7127 votes—0 votes0.6327 votes0.6827 votes0.7827 votes—0 votes0.8027 votes0.7727 votes0.5827 votes0.5127 votes0.9025 votes0.7923 votes0.8021 votes0.6727 votes—19 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.6927 votes0.7427 votes0.8627 votes0.8627 votes0.6527 votes—0 votes0.6027 votes
Q2 20260.5421 votes0.5921 votes0.6821 votes—0 votes0.7721 votes0.5922 votes0.7321 votes—0 votes0.6822 votes0.7220 votes0.6221 votes0.4722 votes—13 votes0.5821 votes0.7821 votes0.5722 votes—11 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes0.6421 votes0.6022 votes0.7021 votes0.7522 votes0.7222 votes—0 votes0.5422 votes
Q3 2026—19 votes—19 votes—19 votes—0 votes—19 votes—19 votes—19 votes—0 votes—19 votes—19 votes—19 votes—19 votes—18 votes—19 votes—13 votes—19 votes—16 votes—0 votes—0 votes—0 votes—19 votes—19 votes—19 votes—19 votes—19 votes—0 votes—19 votes
Whole period0.570.630.69—0.660.610.71—0.730.730.550.470.850.670.760.610.80———0.660.680.750.800.69—0.54
Votes considered146146146014614714501461441461421201371341471050001461471461471470142

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 0.5714620
Belgium 0.6314622
Bulgaria 0.6914617
Cyprus fewer than 10 seats — not compared—06
Czechia 0.6614621
Germany 0.6114795
Denmark 0.7114515
Estonia fewer than 10 seats — not compared—07
Spain 0.7314660
Finland 0.7314415
France 0.5514681
Greece 0.4714221
Croatia 0.8512012
Hungary 0.6713721
Ireland 0.7613414
Italy 0.6114776
Lithuania 0.8010511
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 0.6614631
Poland 0.6814753
Portugal 0.7514621
Romania 0.8014733
Sweden 0.6914721
Slovenia fewer than 10 seats — not compared—09
Slovakia 0.5414215

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.

  • 147 votes considered (final votes matching the filters; scope).
  • 38 of 185 decisions in the period had no final vote recorded by name (a show of hands or a count without names) and cannot be measured.
  • 997 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 · topic Economy & single market (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=final&topic=economy&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 · topic Economy \& single market (model-assigned) · national delegations · per quarter · abstentions counted}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?by=country&scope=final&topic=economy&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?by=country&scope=final&topic=economy&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}
}