← Votes·2022-03-08

Role of culture, education, media and sport in the fight against racism

Education64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "education"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 140221Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 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 “Role of culture, education, media and sport in the fight against racism”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR voted mostly against. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (495 for, 109 against, 92 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

495

Against

109

Abstain

Margin of victory

386 votes

Turnout (cast)

696

Absent

Participation rate

98.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 148Against 13Abstain 14Absent 4

S&D136 MEPs

For 128Against 0Abstain 7Absent 1

Renew101 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 9Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 29Abstain 37Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 53Abstain 8Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 22Against 9Abstain 13Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany71
France51
Italy43
Spain43
Romania32

Most against

Poland27
Czech Republic8

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 6Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 51Against 23Abstain 5Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 71Against 3Abstain 22Absent 0

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 13Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 43Against 8Abstain 25Absent 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 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 27Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 43Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 4Absent 0

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