← Votes·2021-10-21

2019 Discharge: European Border and Coast Guard Agency

Budget66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "discharge"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 136221Source: 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
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓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+6 / 15

Legislative+12 / 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 “2019 Discharge: European Border and Coast Guard Agency”. EPP, Renew, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (371 for, 313 against, 11 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

371

Against

313

Abstain

Margin of victory

58 votes

Turnout (cast)

695

Absent

Participation rate

98.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 141Against 35Abstain 0Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 3Against 126Abstain 2Absent 5

Renew101 MEPs

For 79Against 20Abstain 2Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 1Against 69Abstain 1Absent 0

PfE67 MEPs

For 65Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 61Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 14Against 25Abstain 4Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 36Abstain 0Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France55
Italy45
Poland42
Romania16
Czech Republic15

Most against

Germany55
Spain36
Netherlands15
Portugal14
Greece13

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece
Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 55Against 24Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 38Against 55Abstain 1Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 1Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 45Against 30Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 14Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 42Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 13Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 21Against 36Abstain 1Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

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