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COVID-19: EU coordination of health assessments and risk classification, and the consequences for Schengen and the single market

Migration & Asylum66%
Confidence: 66%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "schengen"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Health65%
Confidence: 65%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "health"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Internal Market64%
Confidence: 64%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "single market"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Vote ID 117283Source: official EP roll-call records
70
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • Main vote
  • Legislative procedure
  • High-interest topic: Migration
  • Some political group division
  • 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+6 / 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 “COVID-19: EU coordination of health assessments and risk classification, and the consequences for Schengen and the single market”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (595 for, 50 against, 41 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
595
Against
50
Abstain
41
Margin of victory
545 votes
Turnout (cast)
686
Absent
19
Participation rate
97.3%
This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP180 MEPs
For 171Against 0Abstain 6Absent 3
S&D136 MEPs
For 132Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4
Renew101 MEPs
For 99Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4
PfE66 MEPs
For 11Against 27Abstain 25Absent 3
ECR63 MEPs
For 50Against 9Abstain 3Absent 1
NI44 MEPs
For 30Against 11Abstain 1Absent 2
The Left38 MEPs
For 33Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany78
  • Spain58
  • France56
  • Poland51
  • Italy44
Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1
Denmark14 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 56Against 23Abstain 0Absent 0
Germany96 MEPs
For 78Against 10Abstain 1Absent 7
Greece21 MEPs
For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Hungary21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 44Against 0Abstain 28Absent 4
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
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 22Against 3Abstain 2Absent 2
Poland52 MEPs
For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Portugal21 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 58Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Sweden21 MEPs
For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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