← Votes·2019-10-10

Flexibility Instrument: adjustments to the amounts mobilised for 2019 to be used for migration, refugee inflows and security threats

Migration & Asylum87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "migration"
title/description contains "refugee"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 108807Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Migration
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “Flexibility Instrument: adjustments to the amounts mobilised for 2019 to be used for migration, refugee inflows and security threats”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, Left and NI voted mostly against. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (28 for, 491 against, 77 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

Against

491

Abstain

Margin of victory

463 votes

Turnout (cast)

596

Absent

Participation rate

87.9%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP173 MEPs

For 9Against 139Abstain 5Absent 20

S&D132 MEPs

For 8Against 110Abstain 0Absent 14

Renew96 MEPs

For 4Against 81Abstain 0Absent 11

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 0Against 61Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 49Absent 10

ECR59 MEPs

For 2Against 42Abstain 4Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 0Against 36Abstain 0Absent 1

NI43 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 16Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

None.

Most against

Germany76
France46
Spain43
Poland40
Italy35

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria18 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 2Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 14Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia11 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 0Against 17Abstain 2Absent 2

Denmark13 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Finland13 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 2Absent 0

France74 MEPs

For 2Against 46Abstain 18Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 0Against 76Abstain 9Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 4Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 12Absent 4

Ireland11 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy73 MEPs

For 3Against 35Abstain 26Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 0Against 26Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland51 MEPs

For 0Against 40Abstain 0Absent 11

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania32 MEPs

For 4Against 22Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain54 MEPs

For 1Against 43Abstain 0Absent 10

Sweden20 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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