Statistics
Groups and countries · current MEPs
Malta
- Current members
- 6
- Cohesion
- 90.6%, on average, this share votes alike
- On the majority side
- 85.6%, how often most of its MEPs voted like the plenary. Always voting for would give 95.6%.
- Participation
- 86.9%, votes cast per final vote while in office; excluding excused days 87.3%
Members
- Peter Agius (PN · EPP)
- Alex Agius Saliba (PL · S&D)
- Daniel Attard (PL · S&D)
- Thomas Bajada (PL · S&D)
- David Casa (PN · EPP)
- Roberta Metsola (PN · EPP)
Internal vote distribution
All votes cast by the bloc's members across all final votes.
- For 2,337 · 82.5%
- Against 300 · 10.6%
- Abstention 195 · 6.9%
- 2,832 votes cast
Latest final votes
The latest 20 of 652 final votes with the votes of the MEPs from Malta; the link opens the vote with this member state selected.
- Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postponement of certain obligations: 22 Oct 2026 · Adopted · Delegation majority: Against · For 2 · Against 3 · Abstention 0
- Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Black Sea shipping, threatening human life, regional stability and food security: 22 Oct 2026 · Adopted · Delegation majority: Abstention · For 2 · Against 0 · Abstention 3
- Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030: 22 Oct 2026 · Adopted · Delegation majority: For · For 5 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
- Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products: 22 Oct 2026 · Adopted · Delegation majority: For · For 5 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
- Erasmus+ programme 2028-2034: 22 Oct 2026 · Adopted · Delegation majority: For · For 5 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
- Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilience and cross‑border cooperation: 22 Oct 2026 · Adopted · Delegation majority: Abstention · For 2 · Against 0 · Abstention 3
- General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 – all sections: 21 Oct 2026 · Adopted · Delegation majority: For · For 5 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
- Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2026/004 FI/Etelä-Suomi and Helsinki-Uusimaa paper – Finland: 21 Oct 2026 · Adopted · Delegation majority: For · For 5 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Council and Council: 21 Oct 2026 · Adopted · Delegation majority: Against · For 0 · Against 4 · Abstention 1
- Boosting skills in the Union – opportunities for vocational education and training in times of transition: 21 Oct 2026 · Adopted · Delegation majority: For · For 5 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
- Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States: 21 Oct 2026 · Adopted · Delegation majority: For · For 5 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
- Genetically modified soybean MON 87769: 21 Oct 2026 · Adopted · Delegation majority: For · For 3 · Against 2 · Abstention 0
- Pericles V exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting 2028–2034: 21 Oct 2026 · Adopted · Delegation majority: For · For 5 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
- Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Malta, Italy, Portugal and Spain with regard to storms in 2026: 21 Oct 2026 · Adopted · Delegation majority: For · For 5 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
- Certification methodologies for carbon farming activities: 20 Oct 2026 · Rejected · Delegation majority: For · For 3 · Against 2 · Abstention 0
- Cohesion policy – the driving force in implementing the EU agenda for cities: 20 Oct 2026 · Adopted · Delegation majority: For · For 5 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
- Suspending the application of the rules on extended producer responsibility for waste, waste electrical and electronical equipment and single use plastic waste (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation): 20 Oct 2026 · Adopted · Delegation majority: For · For 5 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
- Amendments to the Critical Raw Materials Act: 20 Oct 2026 · Adopted · Delegation majority: For · For 5 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
- Suspending the application of the rules on extended producer responsibility for batteries and waste batteries and packaging and packaging waste (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation): 20 Oct 2026 · Adopted · Delegation majority: For · For 5 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
- Combating VAT fraud – the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation when it comes to VAT fraud and its impact on the EU budget: 20 Oct 2026 · Adopted · Delegation majority: Against · For 2 · Against 3 · Abstention 0
Divided delegation
In 14 of 591 final votes (2.4%) no position had at least 60% of the votes from Malta. The list shows the narrowest.
- Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women: 12 Feb 2026 · largest position 40.0% · For 2 · Against 2 · Abstention 1
- Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments: 28 Nov 2024 · largest position 40.0% · For 2 · Against 2 · Abstention 1
- Certain botanical species containing hydroxyanthracene derivatives: 8 Oct 2026 · largest position 50.0% · For 2 · Against 2 · Abstention 0
- Monacolins from red yeast rice: 8 Oct 2026 · largest position 50.0% · For 2 · Against 2 · Abstention 0
- Recommendation on EU-China political relations: 7 Oct 2026 · largest position 50.0% · For 2 · Against 0 · Abstention 2
- The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders: 17 Sep 2026 · largest position 50.0% · For 2 · Against 2 · Abstention 0
- Impact of social media and the online environment on young people: 17 Sep 2026 · largest position 50.0% · For 2 · Against 0 · Abstention 2
- Strengthening global health resilience in partner countries: 17 Sep 2026 · largest position 50.0% · For 2 · Against 0 · Abstention 2
- Political prisoners in Cuba, in particular the case of Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí Navarro: 17 Sep 2026 · largest position 50.0% · For 2 · Against 2 · Abstention 0
- Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V): 16 Sep 2026 · largest position 50.0% · For 2 · Against 0 · Abstention 2
Against the plenary majority
In 51 of 544 decided final votes with a clear majority from Malta (at least 60% for or against), that majority stood against the plenary result. The most recent:
- Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postponement of certain obligations: 22 Oct 2026 · plenary: adopted · For 2 · Against 3 · Abstention 0
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Council and Council: 21 Oct 2026 · plenary: adopted · For 0 · Against 4 · Abstention 1
- Certification methodologies for carbon farming activities: 20 Oct 2026 · plenary: rejected · For 3 · Against 2 · Abstention 0
- Combating VAT fraud – the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation when it comes to VAT fraud and its impact on the EU budget: 20 Oct 2026 · plenary: adopted · For 2 · Against 3 · Abstention 0
- Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets: 8 Jul 2026 · plenary: adopted · For 2 · Against 3 · Abstention 0
- 2025 Commission report on Ukraine: 8 Jul 2026 · plenary: adopted · For 0 · Against 3 · Abstention 2
- Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025: 7 Jul 2026 · plenary: adopted · For 2 · Against 3 · Abstention 0
- Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicines: 18 Jun 2026 · plenary: adopted · For 2 · Against 3 · Abstention 0
- Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba: 18 Jun 2026 · plenary: adopted · For 2 · Against 3 · Abstention 0
- General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products: 17 Jun 2026 · plenary: adopted · For 2 · Against 3 · Abstention 0
Delegations against their own group
How often the MEPs from Malta 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).
- S&D: 11.7% (58 of 495)
Examples, largest delegations first:
- Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Black Sea shipping, threatening human life, regional stability and food security: 22 Oct 2026 · S&D: 3 of 3 abstentions, group majority for · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 3
- Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilience and cross‑border cooperation: 22 Oct 2026 · S&D: 3 of 3 abstentions, group majority for · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 3
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Council and Council: 21 Oct 2026 · S&D: 3 of 3 against, group majority for · For 0 · Against 3 · Abstention 0
- Simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and simplification of security and defence procurement (Omnibus V): 16 Sep 2026 · S&D: 3 of 3 abstentions, group majority for · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 3
- Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure: 16 Sep 2026 · S&D: 3 of 3 abstentions, group majority for · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 3
- Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V): 16 Sep 2026 · S&D: 3 of 3 abstentions, group majority for · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 3
- Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures: 15 Sep 2026 · S&D: 3 of 3 abstentions, group majority for · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 3
- Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund: 15 Sep 2026 · S&D: 3 of 3 abstentions, group majority for · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 3
- Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure: 15 Sep 2026 · S&D: 3 of 3 abstentions, group majority for · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 3
- Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness: 9 Jul 2026 · S&D: 3 of 3 abstentions, group majority for · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 3
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 Malta took the same position as the majority of the other member state (both with a clear majority from 3 voting members).
- Belgium: 87.7% (570 in common)
- Finland: 87.1% (557 in common)
- Luxembourg: 86.8% (560 in common)
- Croatia: 86.5% (571 in common)
- Portugal: 86.4% (568 in common)
- Lithuania: 86.2% (565 in common)
- Cyprus: 86.0% (494 in common)
- Denmark: 85.7% (559 in common)
- Germany: 85.6% (575 in common)
- Netherlands: 85.3% (573 in common)
- Bulgaria: 84.9% (575 in common)
- Slovenia: 84.7% (568 in common)
- Latvia: 84.3% (568 in common)
- Romania: 84.3% (575 in common)
- Austria: 83.8% (574 in common)
- Ireland: 83.8% (573 in common)
- Estonia: 83.5% (559 in common)
- Italy: 83.3% (570 in common)
- Spain: 83.0% (571 in common)
- Greece: 82.7% (560 in common)
- Poland: 82.5% (566 in common)
- Sweden: 80.6% (563 in common)
- Slovakia: 78.4% (519 in common)
- France: 72.4% (565 in common)
- Czechia: 68.5% (562 in common)
- Hungary: 53.9% (558 in common)
All at a glance, with current MEPs
All member states with cohesion and share on the majority side.
| Member state | Current members | Cohesion | On the majority side | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 20 | 73.6% | 94.3% | 92.7% |
| Belgium | 22 | 77.0% | 97.2% | 88.2% |
| Bulgaria | 17 | 79.8% | 98.6% | 83.3% |
| Croatia | 12 | 92.0% | 97.7% | 86.9% |
| Cyprus | 6 | 80.1% | 93.6% | 80.6% |
| Czechia | 21 | 75.7% | 75.5% | 91.3% |
| Denmark | 15 | 83.5% | 93.6% | 91.3% |
| Estonia | 7 | 89.2% | 94.9% | 91.9% |
| Finland | 15 | 85.3% | 96.0% | 87.6% |
| France | 81 | 71.1% | 78.4% | 88.3% |
| Germany | 96 | 74.8% | 97.9% | 89.6% |
| Greece | 21 | 68.5% | 89.1% | 83.9% |
| Hungary | 21 | 80.0% | 55.8% | 70.6% |
| Ireland | 14 | 85.9% | 91.7% | 85.7% |
| Italy | 76 | 75.7% | 92.5% | 86.3% |
| Latvia | 9 | 84.2% | 97.7% | 89.6% |
| Lithuania | 11 | 85.7% | 99.1% | 91.0% |
| Luxembourg | 6 | 85.5% | 98.0% | 94.8% |
| Malta | 6 | 90.6% | 85.6% | 86.9% |
| Netherlands | 31 | 76.2% | 96.6% | 91.7% |
| Poland | 53 | 79.4% | 92.6% | 90.8% |
| Portugal | 21 | 84.7% | 96.9% | 88.8% |
| Romania | 33 | 85.3% | 96.9% | 80.6% |
| Slovakia | 15 | 69.8% | 81.6% | 89.2% |
| Slovenia | 9 | 91.9% | 96.9% | 92.2% |
| Spain | 61 | 81.5% | 95.2% | 86.4% |
| Sweden | 21 | 80.1% | 89.0% | 94.6% |
Source: European Parliament open data (CC BY 4.0), prepared by OpenRCV.
All at a glance, with current MEPs
Changes since July 2024
Who changed political group, who took up a vacant seat and how the seats have been distributed.
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