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Activities of the European Ombudsman - annual report 2019

Vote ID 128855Source: 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
✓Some 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+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 “Activities of the European Ombudsman - annual report 2019”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. PfE, ECR and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (576 for, 11 against, 108 abstentions).

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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

576

Against

Abstain

108

Margin of victory

565 votes

Turnout (cast)

695

Absent

Participation rate

98.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 163Against 5Abstain 9Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 7Absent 3

Renew101 MEPs

For 100Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

PfE67 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 35Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 45Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 28Against 4Abstain 10Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
Italy68
France56
Spain54
Netherlands27

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 23Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 81Against 1Abstain 11Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 6Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 27Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 16Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

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