← Votes·2022-04-05

Protection of the rights of the child in civil, administrative and family law proceedings

Vote ID 141281Source: 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
✓Strong 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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Protection of the rights of the child in civil, administrative and family law proceedings”. 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 (529 for, 49 against, 52 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

529

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

480 votes

Turnout (cast)

630

Absent

Participation rate

89.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 160Against 0Abstain 4Absent 15

S&D136 MEPs

For 118Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Renew101 MEPs

For 94Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

ECR63 MEPs

For 13Against 34Abstain 10Absent 6

PfE67 MEPs

For 19Against 5Abstain 28Absent 15

NI44 MEPs

For 24Against 9Abstain 6Absent 5

The Left38 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany83
France55
Spain52
Italy41
Romania28

Most against

Hungary10

Divided delegations

Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 1Absent 23

Germany96 MEPs

For 83Against 3Abstain 7Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 30Absent 5

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 25Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

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