Voting in the Council of the European Union
The data shown is based on votes casted in the Council. All votes concerning acts adopted in accordance with the co-decision procedure are recorded. The dataset consists of 11589 votes concerning 435 cases from July 2006 - October 2009 (last update October 22th 2009).
| Country | Vote weight | For | Against | Abstain | Not participating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria | 10 | 425 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
 Belgium | 12 | 426 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
 Bulgaria | 10 | 356 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Cyprus | 4 | 433 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Czech Republic | 12 | 433 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Denmark | 7 | 408 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
 Estonia | 4 | 433 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Finland | 7 | 430 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
 France | 29 | 434 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Germany | 29 | 421 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
 Greece | 12 | 431 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
 Hungary | 12 | 430 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
 Ireland | 7 | 418 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
 Italy | 29 | 430 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
 Latvia | 4 | 431 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
 Lithuania | 7 | 429 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
 Luxembourg | 4 | 429 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
 Malta | 3 | 425 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
 Netherlands | 13 | 429 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
 Poland | 27 | 430 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
 Portugal | 12 | 428 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
 Romania | 14 | 355 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Slovakia | 7 | 433 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Slovenia | 4 | 435 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Spain | 27 | 430 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
 Sweden | 10 | 427 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
 United Kingdom | 29 | 410 | 4 | 10 | 11 |
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Original source: Council of the European Union