← Votes·2021-07-06

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

Vote ID 134512Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Very 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+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+15 / 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 and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (304 for, 311 against, 76 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

304

Against

311

Abstain

Margin of victory

7 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 7 votes. 14 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (14) was larger than the 7-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

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 10Against 164Abstain 1Absent 4

S&D136 MEPs

For 131Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 33Against 66Abstain 1Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 0Against 56Abstain 10Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 51Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 21Against 10Abstain 12Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany49
France46
Spain34
Portugal14
Sweden10

Most against

Italy37
Romania21
Netherlands18
Czech Republic15
Austria11

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 15Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 31Abstain 1Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 49Against 46Abstain 1Absent 0

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 4Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 12Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 37Abstain 8Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 10Against 18Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 8Against 14Abstain 27Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 21Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 34Against 21Abstain 4Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 2Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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