← Votes·2021-07-07

Annual Report on the functioning of the Schengen area

Migration & Asylum66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "schengen"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 134951Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant 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+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “Annual Report on the functioning of the Schengen area”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (505 for, 134 against, 54 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

505

Against

134

Abstain

Margin of victory

371 votes

Turnout (cast)

693

Absent

Participation rate

98.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 163Against 3Abstain 9Absent 4

S&D136 MEPs

For 129Against 1Abstain 3Absent 3

Renew101 MEPs

For 96Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 8Against 59Abstain 0Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 4Against 50Abstain 9Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 26Against 14Abstain 2Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 28Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany78
Spain49
France44
Italy41
Romania32

Most against

Poland27

Divided delegations

Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 5Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 7Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 44Against 23Abstain 12Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 78Against 12Abstain 6Absent 0

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 33Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 27Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 4Abstain 6Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

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