← Votes·2020-06-19

European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis

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Confidence: 64%

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Evidence:

title/description contains "workers"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 115499Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+6 / 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 “European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis”. 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 (593 for, 34 against, 38 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

593

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

559 votes

Turnout (cast)

665

Absent

Participation rate

94.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 170Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

S&D136 MEPs

For 125Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Renew101 MEPs

For 96Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE66 MEPs

For 24Against 24Abstain 14Absent 4

ECR63 MEPs

For 47Against 5Abstain 7Absent 4

NI44 MEPs

For 24Against 5Abstain 9Absent 6

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany75
Italy67
France55
Spain53
Poland48

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 55Against 22Abstain 0Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 9Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 10Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 6Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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