← Votes·2021-11-24

Legal migration policy and law

Migration & Asylum66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "migration"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 137384Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Migration
✓Some 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+0 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Legal migration policy and law”. S&D, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (266 for, 363 against, 57 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.

Result analysis

For

266

Against

363

Abstain

Margin of victory

97 votes

Turnout (cast)

686

Absent

Participation rate

97.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 11Against 153Abstain 12Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 125Against 3Abstain 4Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 5Against 61Abstain 32Absent 3

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

PfE67 MEPs

For 0Against 66Abstain 0Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 57Abstain 4Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 21Against 17Abstain 3Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Spain31
Portugal18
Ireland6
Cyprus4
Malta4

Most against

Germany48
Italy47
Poland40
France34
Romania22

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 5Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 23Against 34Abstain 20Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 45Against 48Abstain 0Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 2Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 5Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 47Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 16Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 40Abstain 1Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 22Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 31Against 17Abstain 6Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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