Statistics

Groups and countries · current MEPs

PS Parti socialiste

France · S&D group

Current members
10
Cohesion
98.7%, on average, this share votes alike, across 641 final votes
On the majority side
88.9%, party majority voted like the plenary in 570 of 641 votes. Always voting for would give 95.6%.
Participation
83.2%, 5,425 of 6,520 possible votes cast, 140 excused absences

Members

Differing from their own group

In 38 of 641 final votes (5.9%) the party’s majority voted differently from the majority of its group (S&D). Counted when at least 2 of the party’s MEPs in the group voted and both party and group had a clear majority.

The latest 20 of 38 cases:

  1. Recommendation on EU-China political relations: 7 Oct 2026 · PS: For (9 of 9) · S&D group: Abstention · For 9 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
  2. Economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States in the euro area experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability: 6 Oct 2026 · PS: Abstention (10 of 10) · S&D group: For · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 10
  3. Funding arrangements and the use of a diversified funding strategy: 6 Oct 2026 · PS: Abstention (9 of 9) · S&D group: For · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 9
  4. Alignment with the EU economic governance framework and further simplification of that framework: 6 Oct 2026 · PS: Abstention (10 of 10) · S&D group: For · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 10
  5. Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up: 17 Sep 2026 · PS: Abstention (8 of 8) · S&D group: For · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 8
  6. EU-Switzerland Agreement on the transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime: 16 Sep 2026 · PS: Abstention (2 of 3) · S&D group: For · For 1 · Against 0 · Abstention 2
  7. EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement (Interim report): 8 Jul 2026 · PS: Abstention (10 of 10) · S&D group: For · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 10
  8. EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement: 8 Jul 2026 · PS: Against (10 of 10) · S&D group: For · For 0 · Against 10 · Abstention 0
  9. EU–Mexico Interim Agreement on Trade: 8 Jul 2026 · PS: Against (10 of 10) · S&D group: For · For 0 · Against 10 · Abstention 0
  10. EU-Morocco Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of Morocco in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA): amendment and supplement: 8 Jul 2026 · PS: Abstention (2 of 3) · S&D group: For · For 1 · Against 0 · Abstention 2
  11. Digital assets – challenges for the competitiveness and integrity of the European Union’s financial system: 7 Jul 2026 · PS: Abstention (5 of 9) · S&D group: For · For 4 · Against 0 · Abstention 5
  12. Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI): 16 Jun 2026 · PS: Abstention (8 of 9) · S&D group: For · For 0 · Against 1 · Abstention 8
  13. Non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goods: 16 Jun 2026 · PS: Against (10 of 10) · S&D group: For · For 0 · Against 10 · Abstention 0
  14. Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America: 16 Jun 2026 · PS: Against (10 of 10) · S&D group: For · For 0 · Against 10 · Abstention 0
  15. Non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goods: 26 Mar 2026 · PS: Against (7 of 7) · S&D group: For · For 0 · Against 7 · Abstention 0
  16. Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America: 26 Mar 2026 · PS: Against (7 of 7) · S&D group: For · For 0 · Against 7 · Abstention 0
  17. Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing: 10 Mar 2026 · PS: Abstention (10 of 10) · S&D group: For · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 10
  18. Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products: 10 Feb 2026 · PS: Abstention (8 of 8) · S&D group: For · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 8
  19. Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products: 16 Dec 2025 · PS: Abstention (5 of 6) · S&D group: For · For 1 · Against 0 · Abstention 5
  20. Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia: 16 Dec 2025 · PS: Abstention (5 of 6) · S&D group: For · For 0 · Against 1 · Abstention 5

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

Internal vote distribution

All votes cast by the party’s MEPs in final votes.

  • For 4,718 · 87.0%
  • Against 492 · 9.1%
  • Abstention 215 · 4.0%
  • 5,425 votes cast

Latest final votes

The latest 20 of 652 final votes with MEPs of the party; the link opens the vote with this party selected.

How closely parties from France vote together

How often did the majorities of two parties vote the same way (For, Against or Abstention)? Based on the final votes in which both had a majority; only parties with at least 3 MEPs at the same time.

  • PS and RN: 42.9%, 275 of 641 votes aligned
  • LFI and PS: 61.9%, 390 of 630 votes aligned
  • Les Républicains and PS: 76.0%, 477 of 628 votes aligned
  • Ren and PS: 91.4%, 586 of 641 votes aligned
  • Les Écologistes and PS: 83.9%, 528 of 629 votes aligned
  • IDL and PS: 44.1%, 275 of 624 votes aligned
  • MoDem and PS: 91.8%, 574 of 625 votes aligned
  • Place publique and PS: 99.8%, 577 of 578 votes aligned

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

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