← Votes·2021-05-18

Challenges of sports events organisers in the digital environment

Vote ID 131501Source: 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 “Challenges of sports events organisers in the digital environment”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (479 for, 171 against, 40 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

479

Against

171

Abstain

Margin of victory

308 votes

Turnout (cast)

690

Absent

Participation rate

97.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 174Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

S&D136 MEPs

For 105Against 22Abstain 6Absent 3

Renew101 MEPs

For 76Against 16Abstain 7Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 1Against 68Abstain 1Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 53Against 9Abstain 5Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 43Against 8Abstain 10Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 26Against 13Abstain 3Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 32Abstain 4Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy70
France54
Poland49
Spain43
Romania33

Most against

Germany62
Netherlands17
Finland5

Divided delegations

Belgium
Czech Republic
Finland
Ireland
Netherlands
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 4Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 10Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 3Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 20Abstain 5Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 31Against 62Abstain 0Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 6Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 70Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 49Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 43Against 12Abstain 4Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 3Absent 1

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