← Votes·2022-02-15

Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer

Vote ID 139377Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer”. S&D, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew and PfE voted mostly against. ECR and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (299 for, 315 against, 78 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

299

Against

315

Abstain

Margin of victory

16 votes

Turnout (cast)

692

Absent

Participation rate

98.2%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 16 votes. 13 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (13) was not larger than the 16-vote margin.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 13Against 162Abstain 2Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 133Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Renew101 MEPs

For 6Against 93Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 5Against 32Abstain 30Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

ECR63 MEPs

For 8Against 20Abstain 33Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 32Against 5Abstain 7Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany47
Spain33
Netherlands20
Hungary18
Portugal15

Most against

Italy47
France30
Romania21
Czech Republic14
Bulgaria12

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 2Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 26Against 30Abstain 23Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 38Abstain 9Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 47Abstain 1Absent 0

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 8Against 17Abstain 27Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 21Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 33Against 22Abstain 4Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 3Absent 0

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