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Report under Rule 227(7) on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions during the year 2019

Vote ID 126262Source: official EP roll-call records

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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+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Report under Rule 227(7) on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions during the year 2019”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (619 for, 11 against, 59 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

619

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

608 votes

Turnout (cast)

689

Absent

Participation rate

97.9%

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

By political group

EPP180 MEPs

For 170Against 1Abstain 6Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 134Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Renew100 MEPs

For 93Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 29Against 3Abstain 33Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 51Against 3Abstain 7Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 33Against 4Abstain 6Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany82
France77
Spain58
Poland51
Italy45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 82Against 0Abstain 11Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 28Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 58Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden20 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

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