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France

Current members
81
Cohesion
71.1%, on average, this share votes alike
On the majority side
78.4%, how often most of its MEPs voted like the plenary. Always voting for would give 95.6%.
Participation
88.3%, votes cast per final vote while in office; excluding excused days 89.4%

Members

Internal vote distribution

All votes cast by the bloc's members across all final votes.

  • For 30,607 · 66.7%
  • Against 10,837 · 23.6%
  • Abstention 4,446 · 9.7%
  • 45,890 votes cast

Latest final votes

The latest 20 of 652 final votes with the votes of the MEPs from France; the link opens the vote with this member state selected.

Divided delegation

In 305 of 652 final votes (46.8%) no position had at least 60% of the votes from France. The list shows the narrowest.

Against the plenary majority

In 18 of 345 decided final votes with a clear majority from France (at least 60% for or against), that majority stood against the plenary result. The most recent:

Delegations against their own group

How often the MEPs from France within each group voted, by majority, differently from the group majority (delegation from 3, group from 10 voting members, both with a clear majority, group at the time of the vote).

  • The Left: 9.3% (59 of 633)
  • Greens/EFA: 6.8% (43 of 628)
  • S&D: 5.6% (36 of 640)
  • Renew: 4.6% (30 of 647)
  • EPP: 17.5% (111 of 636)
  • ECR: 33.6% (206 of 614)
  • PfE: 5.8% (38 of 651)

Examples, largest delegations first:

This figure implies no judgement: it may reflect a matter of conscience, the line of a national party or an arrangement within the group.

Agreement with other member states

Share of final votes in which the majority of MEPs from France took the same position as the majority of the other member state (both with a clear majority from 3 voting members).

All at a glance, with current MEPs

All member states with cohesion and share on the majority side.

Member stateCurrent membersCohesionOn the majority sideParticipation
Austria2073.6%94.3%92.7%
Belgium2277.0%97.2%88.2%
Bulgaria1779.8%98.6%83.3%
Croatia1292.0%97.7%86.9%
Cyprus680.1%93.6%80.6%
Czechia2175.7%75.5%91.3%
Denmark1583.5%93.6%91.3%
Estonia789.2%94.9%91.9%
Finland1585.3%96.0%87.6%
France8171.1%78.4%88.3%
Germany9674.8%97.9%89.6%
Greece2168.5%89.1%83.9%
Hungary2180.0%55.8%70.6%
Ireland1485.9%91.7%85.7%
Italy7675.7%92.5%86.3%
Latvia984.2%97.7%89.6%
Lithuania1185.7%99.1%91.0%
Luxembourg685.5%98.0%94.8%
Malta690.6%85.6%86.9%
Netherlands3176.2%96.6%91.7%
Poland5379.4%92.6%90.8%
Portugal2184.7%96.9%88.8%
Romania3385.3%96.9%80.6%
Slovakia1569.8%81.6%89.2%
Slovenia991.9%96.9%92.2%
Spain6181.5%95.2%86.4%
Sweden2180.1%89.0%94.6%

Source: European Parliament open data (CC BY 4.0), prepared by OpenRCV.

All at a glance, with current MEPs