Statistics

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M5S Movimento 5 Stelle

Italy · The Left group

Current members
8
Cohesion
99.3%, on average, this share votes alike, across 646 final votes
On the majority side
55.3%, party majority voted like the plenary in 357 of 646 votes. Always voting for would give 95.5%.
Participation
92.0%, 4,801 of 5,216 possible votes cast

Members

Differing from their own group

In 86 of 640 final votes (13.4%) the party’s majority voted differently from the majority of its group (The Left). 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 86 cases:

  1. Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030: 22 Oct 2026 · M5S: Abstention (7 of 7) · The Left group: Against · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 7
  2. Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Black Sea shipping, threatening human life, regional stability and food security: 22 Oct 2026 · M5S: Against (7 of 7) · The Left group: Abstention · For 0 · Against 7 · Abstention 0
  3. 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 · M5S: For (7 of 7) · The Left group: Abstention · For 7 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
  4. 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 · M5S: For (7 of 7) · The Left group: Abstention · For 7 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
  5. Attempts by the ruling party Georgian Dream to ban opposition parties in Georgia: 8 Oct 2026 · M5S: Abstention (7 of 7) · The Left group: For · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 7
  6. 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 · M5S: Abstention (8 of 8) · The Left group: Against · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 8
  7. Alignment with the EU economic governance framework and further simplification of that framework: 6 Oct 2026 · M5S: Abstention (8 of 8) · The Left group: Against · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 8
  8. The role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security: 17 Sep 2026 · M5S: Abstention (8 of 8) · The Left group: Against · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 8
  9. 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 · M5S: For (8 of 8) · The Left group: Against · For 8 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
  10. Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectors: 15 Sep 2026 · M5S: For (8 of 8) · The Left group: Against · For 8 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
  11. Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowances: 15 Sep 2026 · M5S: For (7 of 8) · The Left group: Abstention · For 7 · Against 0 · Abstention 1
  12. Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness: 9 Jul 2026 · M5S: For (8 of 8) · The Left group: Against · For 8 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
  13. Ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria, notably the Kawel village massacre: 9 Jul 2026 · M5S: For (8 of 8) · The Left group: Abstention · For 8 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
  14. 2025 Commission report on Moldova: 8 Jul 2026 · M5S: Against (8 of 8) · The Left group: Abstention · For 0 · Against 8 · Abstention 0
  15. 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 · M5S: Abstention (8 of 8) · The Left group: Against · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 8
  16. EU–Morocco Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement: accession to the EU of Croatia (Protocol): 8 Jul 2026 · M5S: Abstention (8 of 8) · The Left group: For · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 8
  17. Deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra Pulinovich: 18 Jun 2026 · M5S: Abstention (8 of 8) · The Left group: For · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 8
  18. Continued crackdown on civic space and fundamental freedoms in Burkina Faso: 18 Jun 2026 · M5S: Abstention (8 of 8) · The Left group: For · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 8
  19. EU–Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products: termination: 17 Jun 2026 · M5S: For (8 of 8) · The Left group: Against · For 8 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
  20. Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI): 16 Jun 2026 · M5S: For (8 of 8) · The Left group: Against · For 8 · Against 0 · Abstention 0

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 2,677 · 55.8%
  • Against 1,396 · 29.1%
  • Abstention 728 · 15.2%
  • 4,801 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 Italy 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.

  • M5S and FdL: 43.6%, 281 of 645 votes aligned
  • M5S and PD: 61.1%, 394 of 645 votes aligned
  • M5S and FI: 48.5%, 312 of 643 votes aligned
  • L and M5S: 43.4%, 280 of 645 votes aligned
  • AVS and M5S: 87.2%, 143 of 164 votes aligned

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

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