← Votes·2022-04-06

Data Governance Act

Digital Policy66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "data governance"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 141242Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Digital
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Data Governance Act”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (501 for, 12 against, 40 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

501

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

489 votes

Turnout (cast)

553

Absent

152

Participation rate

78.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 148Against 0Abstain 0Absent 31

S&D136 MEPs

For 103Against 3Abstain 0Absent 30

Renew101 MEPs

For 87Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

ECR63 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 6Absent 12

PfE67 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 7Absent 28

NI44 MEPs

For 24Against 5Abstain 5Absent 10

The Left38 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 22Absent 11

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany69
Italy66
Spain45
Poland43
France42

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 42Against 1Abstain 8Absent 28

Germany96 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 4Absent 23

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 3Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 1Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 6Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

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