← Votes·2021-05-20

New Avenues for Legal Labour Migration

Migration & Asylum66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "migration"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Social Affairs64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "labour"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 131774Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Migration
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “New Avenues for Legal Labour Migration”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (495 for, 163 against, 32 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

495

Against

163

Abstain

Margin of victory

332 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 158Against 9Abstain 10Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 121Against 3Abstain 6Absent 6

Renew101 MEPs

For 92Against 4Abstain 3Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 63Abstain 1Absent 2

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 60Abstain 1Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 20Against 20Abstain 3Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 5Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany83
Spain55
France47
Italy40
Romania31

Most against

Poland27
Hungary12
Denmark8

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 6Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 28Abstain 2Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 83Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 2Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 34Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 27Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 55Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 6Absent 1

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