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European Central Bank – annual report 2021

Vote ID 139864Source: 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 “European Central Bank – annual report 2021”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (569 for, 84 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

569

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

485 votes

Turnout (cast)

691

Absent

Participation rate

98.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 174Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 134Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Renew101 MEPs

For 99Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 32Against 17Abstain 18Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 2Abstain 1Absent 4

ECR63 MEPs

For 8Against 49Abstain 4Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 28Against 9Abstain 7Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 29Against 3Abstain 5Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany82
Italy75
France56
Spain55
Romania31

Most against

Poland26

Divided delegations

Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 23Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 82Against 11Abstain 1Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 75Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 26Abstain 1Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 55Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

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