← Votes·2022-02-15

Challenges for urban areas in the post-COVID-19 era

Vote ID 139813Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 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+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 “Challenges for urban areas in the post-COVID-19 era”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. PfE, ECR and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (524 for, 33 against, 143 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

524

Against

Abstain

143

Margin of victory

491 votes

Turnout (cast)

700

Absent

Participation rate

99.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 160Against 6Abstain 11Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 135Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Renew101 MEPs

For 98Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 61Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 16Abstain 46Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 21Against 6Abstain 17Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany84
Spain55
France48
Italy43
Romania32

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 6Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 6Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 31Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 84Against 0Abstain 11Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 13Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 33Absent 0

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 27Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 55Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

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