← Votes·2020-12-15

Implementation of the Dublin III Regulation

Vote ID 125561Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Implementation of the Dublin III Regulation”. S&D, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (321 for, 350 against, 22 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

321

Against

350

Abstain

Margin of victory

29 votes

Turnout (cast)

693

Absent

Participation rate

98.4%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 29 votes. 11 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (11) was not larger than the 29-vote margin.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP180 MEPs

For 28Against 143Abstain 7Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 121Against 5Abstain 7Absent 3

Renew100 MEPs

For 14Against 81Abstain 3Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE66 MEPs

For 24Against 42Abstain 0Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 8Against 53Abstain 1Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 20Against 19Abstain 4Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy65
Spain33
Greece17
Portugal14
Ireland11

Most against

France48
Germany48
Poland42
Romania23
Czech Republic18

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
France
Germany
Latvia
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 1Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 6Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 29Against 48Abstain 2Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 48Abstain 0Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 15Abstain 4Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 65Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 9Against 17Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 8Against 42Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 23Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 33Against 26Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden20 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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