← Votes·2021-04-28

2019 discharge: European Border and Coast Guard Agency

Budget66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "discharge"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 129855Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Resolution / budget vote
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+15 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “2019 discharge: European Border and Coast Guard Agency”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (334 for, 300 against, 60 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

334

Against

300

Abstain

Margin of victory

34 votes

Turnout (cast)

694

Absent

Participation rate

98.4%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 34 votes. 11 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (11) was not larger than the 34-vote margin.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 9Against 165Abstain 3Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 127Against 3Abstain 2Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 63Against 32Abstain 6Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 65Abstain 1Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 44Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 23Against 16Abstain 3Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany53
Spain42
Romania17
Portugal14
Sweden13

Most against

France54
Italy37
Hungary13
Austria10
Slovakia6

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 25Against 54Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 53Against 39Abstain 1Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 37Abstain 7Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 11Abstain 6Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 17Abstain 26Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 14Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 5Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 42Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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