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Activities of the European Ombudsman - annual report 2018

Vote ID 111166Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+0 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Activities of the European Ombudsman - annual report 2018”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (527 for, 3 against, 39 abstentions).

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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

527

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

524 votes

Turnout (cast)

569

Absent

107

Participation rate

84.2%

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

By political group

EPP172 MEPs

For 132Against 0Abstain 2Absent 38

S&D132 MEPs

For 110Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

Renew96 MEPs

For 84Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 22Absent 9

ECR59 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 7Absent 4

NI42 MEPs

For 24Against 3Abstain 5Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany66
Italy60
France51
Spain44
Poland42

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

France74 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 16Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 10Absent 20

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 13

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy73 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland51 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania32 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain53 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

Sweden20 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

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