← Votes·2021-03-11

European Semester: Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 2021

Vote ID 128967Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓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+7 / 10

Group division+15 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “European Semester: Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 2021”. EPP, S&D, Renew and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left and ESN voted mostly against. Greens-EFA and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (400 for, 103 against, 186 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

400

Against

103

Abstain

186

Margin of victory

297 votes

Turnout (cast)

689

Absent

Participation rate

97.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 168Against 0Abstain 8Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 113Against 3Abstain 13Absent 7

Renew101 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 10Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 66Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 7Against 32Abstain 28Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 49Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 18Against 16Abstain 9Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 35Abstain 1Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany51
Spain43
Romania29
Hungary17
Portugal16

Most against

France33

Divided delegations

Belgium
Czech Republic
France
Greece
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 8Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 5Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 13Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 30Against 33Abstain 16Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 51Against 17Abstain 26Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 48Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 10Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 27Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 43Against 6Abstain 10Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

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