← Votes·2022-03-09

Citizenship and residence by investment schemes

Vote ID 140791Source: 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 “Citizenship and residence by investment schemes”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (595 for, 12 against, 74 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

595

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

583 votes

Turnout (cast)

681

Absent

Participation rate

96.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 174Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

S&D136 MEPs

For 130Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 100Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 9Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 51Absent 6

The Left38 MEPs

For 35Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 21Against 6Abstain 9Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany86
Spain58
France56
Poland52
Italy51

Most against

Malta4

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 23Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 9Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 51Against 1Abstain 24Absent 0

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

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