← Votes·2022-05-03

Towards an EU strategy to promote education for children in the world: mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Health65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "pandemic"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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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 142003Source: 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 participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 “Towards an EU strategy to promote education for children in the world: mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (568 for, 21 against, 43 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

568

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

547 votes

Turnout (cast)

632

Absent

Participation rate

89.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 155Against 0Abstain 5Absent 19

S&D136 MEPs

For 124Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Renew101 MEPs

For 87Against 0Abstain 7Absent 7

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE67 MEPs

For 31Against 11Abstain 19Absent 6

ECR63 MEPs

For 40Against 2Abstain 9Absent 12

NI44 MEPs

For 28Against 6Abstain 3Absent 7

The Left38 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany82
Italy67
France49
Spain49
Poland44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 18Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 82Against 7Abstain 0Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 67Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 8Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 4Abstain 1Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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