← Votes·2021-07-06

Old continent growing older - possibilities and challenges related to ageing policy post 2020

Vote ID 134502Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Old continent growing older - possibilities and challenges related to ageing policy post 2020”. S&D, Greens-EFA, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, PfE and ECR voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (315 for, 337 against, 39 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

315

Against

337

Abstain

Margin of victory

22 votes

Turnout (cast)

691

Absent

Participation rate

98.0%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 22 votes. 14 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (14) was not larger than the 22-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 14Against 161Abstain 0Absent 4

S&D136 MEPs

For 131Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 35Against 59Abstain 6Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 0Against 48Abstain 18Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 6Against 49Abstain 7Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 21Against 14Abstain 8Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany48
France47
Spain33
Sweden17
Portugal14

Most against

Italy45
Poland41
Romania21
Netherlands18
Hungary15

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 9Abstain 22Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 48Against 43Abstain 5Absent 0

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 45Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 10Against 18Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 8Against 41Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 21Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 33Against 26Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

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