← Votes·2021-03-11

Children's Rights

Vote ID 128975Source: 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 “Children's Rights”. 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 (545 for, 24 against, 119 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

545

Against

Abstain

119

Margin of victory

521 votes

Turnout (cast)

688

Absent

Participation rate

97.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 166Against 0Abstain 9Absent 4

S&D136 MEPs

For 132Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 93Against 0Abstain 7Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 50Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 43Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 29Against 5Abstain 7Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany82
Spain55
France54
Italy47
Romania30

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 7Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 25Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 82Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 28Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 10Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 27Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 55Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

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