← Votes·2021-03-25

Strengthening the international role of the euro

Vote ID 129471Source: 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+7 / 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 “Strengthening the international role of the euro”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (494 for, 94 against, 100 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

494

Against

Abstain

100

Margin of victory

400 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 167Against 0Abstain 6Absent 6

S&D136 MEPs

For 134Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 89Against 0Abstain 10Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 8Against 31Abstain 28Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 46Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 25Against 14Abstain 4Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 2Against 31Abstain 3Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
France49
Spain49
Italy39
Romania31

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 5Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 49Against 27Abstain 2Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 16Abstain 3Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 2Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 35Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 26Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 6Abstain 4Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 5Absent 1

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