← Votes·2021-11-11

European Union Agency for Asylum

Migration & Asylum66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "asylum"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 136944Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “European Union Agency for Asylum”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (396 for, 92 against, 73 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

396

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

304 votes

Turnout (cast)

561

Absent

144

Participation rate

79.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 133Against 0Abstain 11Absent 35

S&D136 MEPs

For 106Against 0Abstain 2Absent 28

Renew101 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 28Abstain 22Absent 16

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 45Abstain 4Absent 13

The Left38 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 28Absent 3

NI44 MEPs

For 11Against 15Abstain 6Absent 12

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany58
France38
Italy38
Spain33
Romania29

Most against

Hungary10

Divided delegations

Hungary
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

Denmark14 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 3Absent 7

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 38Against 18Abstain 12Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 58Against 8Abstain 6Absent 24

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 2Abstain 27Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 5Abstain 1Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 19Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 2Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 33Against 1Abstain 8Absent 17

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 8

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