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Regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman’s duties

Vote ID 134041Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
70
/ 100

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+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 “Regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman’s duties”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (623 for, 9 against, 61 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
623
Against
9
Abstain
61
Margin of victory
614 votes
Turnout (cast)
693
Absent
12
Participation rate
98.3%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 168Against 1Abstain 4Absent 6
S&D136 MEPs
For 132Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4
Renew101 MEPs
For 101Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
PfE67 MEPs
For 57Against 3Abstain 7Absent 0
ECR63 MEPs
For 19Against 1Abstain 43Absent 0
NI44 MEPs
For 33Against 4Abstain 5Absent 2
The Left38 MEPs
For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 2Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany80
  • France77
  • Italy65
  • Spain54
  • Romania32
Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 77Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Germany96 MEPs
For 80Against 0Abstain 15Absent 1
Greece21 MEPs
For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0
Hungary21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 65Against 0Abstain 8Absent 3
Latvia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 28Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 24Against 0Abstain 27Absent 1
Portugal21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 54Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1
Sweden21 MEPs
For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

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