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Protection of the European Union's finacial interests - combating fraud - annual report 2018

Corruption65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fraud"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 116211Source: 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: Corruption
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “Protection of the European Union's finacial interests - combating fraud - annual report 2018”. EPP, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D and Left voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (421 for, 167 against, 93 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

421

Against

167

Abstain

Margin of victory

254 votes

Turnout (cast)

681

Absent

Participation rate

96.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 171Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

S&D136 MEPs

For 29Against 92Abstain 2Absent 13

Renew101 MEPs

For 70Against 27Abstain 3Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 59Against 3Abstain 8Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 43Against 5Abstain 18Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 17Against 5Abstain 41Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 21Against 14Abstain 6Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 8Against 16Abstain 14Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
Italy52
Romania23
Netherlands20
Hungary19

Most against

Spain28
Cyprus3

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Greece
Portugal
Spain

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 10Against 25Abstain 37Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 15Abstain 2Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 52Against 17Abstain 6Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 15Against 8Abstain 27Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 25Against 28Abstain 5Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

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