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← Votes·2020-10-08

The Youth Guarantee

Education64%★
Confidence: 64%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "youth"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Vote ID 118630Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
70
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓Some political group division
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Many MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+5 / 15
Turnout+5 / 5
Vote type+25 / 25
Close vote+0 / 15
Legislative+15 / 15
Rebel votes+10 / 10
Group division+10 / 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 “The Youth Guarantee”. 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 (574 for, 77 against, 43 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
574
Against
77
Abstain
43
Margin of victory
497 votes
Turnout (cast)
694
Absent
11
Participation rate
98.4%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP180 MEPs
For 166Against 7Abstain 5Absent 2
S&D136 MEPs
For 133Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3
Renew101 MEPs
For 89Against 4Abstain 8Absent 0
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3
PfE66 MEPs
For 8Against 33Abstain 24Absent 1
ECR63 MEPs
For 40Against 20Abstain 2Absent 1
NI44 MEPs
For 31Against 10Abstain 2Absent 1
The Left38 MEPs
For 36Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany82
  • France56
  • Spain55
  • Poland51
  • Italy46
Most against
  • Sweden9
Divided delegations
  • Denmark
  • Sweden
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 14Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 16Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 56Against 22Abstain 0Absent 1
Germany96 MEPs
For 82Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3
Greece21 MEPs
For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Italy76 MEPs
For 46Against 0Abstain 29Absent 1
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 16Against 6Abstain 6Absent 1
Poland52 MEPs
For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Portugal21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 55Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 8Against 9Abstain 4Absent 0

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