← Votes·2021-01-21

The right to disconnect

Vote ID 127169Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “The right to disconnect”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (472 for, 126 against, 83 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

472

Against

126

Abstain

Margin of victory

346 votes

Turnout (cast)

681

Absent

Participation rate

96.9%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 159Against 7Abstain 3Absent 9

S&D136 MEPs

For 124Against 3Abstain 6Absent 3

Renew100 MEPs

For 68Against 23Abstain 7Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 7Against 18Abstain 40Absent 2

ECR63 MEPs

For 5Against 48Abstain 9Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 28Against 6Abstain 8Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 16Against 16Abstain 5Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany69
Spain53
France48
Italy38
Romania32

Most against

Poland26
Denmark11
Sweden10

Divided delegations

Belgium
Czech Republic
Greece
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium20 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 4Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 3Abstain 24Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 69Against 22Abstain 2Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 35Absent 3

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 19Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 21Against 26Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 53Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Sweden20 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 8Absent 1

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