← Votes·2021-11-25

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 137606Source: 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
✓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+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (497 for, 160 against, 38 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

497

Against

160

Abstain

Margin of victory

337 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 160Against 9Abstain 10Absent 0

S&D136 MEPs

For 124Against 1Abstain 9Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 93Against 0Abstain 6Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 2Against 63Abstain 1Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 61Abstain 1Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 19Against 22Abstain 1Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 7Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany84
Spain54
France48
Italy42
Romania30

Most against

Poland27
Hungary15

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
France
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 6Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 8Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 31Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 84Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 42Against 33Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 27Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 54Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 6Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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