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Protection of the EU’s financial interests - combatting fraud - annual report 2019

Corruption65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fraud"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 134877Source: 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: Corruption
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 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 “Protection of the EU’s financial interests - combatting fraud - annual report 2019”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (534 for, 34 against, 124 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

534

Against

Abstain

124

Margin of victory

500 votes

Turnout (cast)

692

Absent

Participation rate

98.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 169Against 0Abstain 7Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 128Against 0Abstain 4Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 98Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 3Against 20Abstain 43Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 52Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 23Against 8Abstain 12Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 36Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany85
France56
Spain55
Italy42
Romania31

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 6Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 7Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 5Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 56Against 22Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 11Absent 0

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 12Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 33Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 27Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 55Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

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