← Votes·2022-05-04

2020 discharge: European GNSS Agency (GSA)

Budget66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "discharge"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 142050Source: 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
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+12 / 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 “2020 discharge: European GNSS Agency (GSA)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (584 for, 15 against, 44 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

584

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

569 votes

Turnout (cast)

643

Absent

Participation rate

91.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 164Against 0Abstain 1Absent 14

S&D136 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Renew101 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

PfE67 MEPs

For 23Against 4Abstain 35Absent 5

ECR63 MEPs

For 48Against 5Abstain 2Absent 8

NI44 MEPs

For 31Against 6Abstain 1Absent 6

The Left38 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
France65
Spain54
Italy47
Poland45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 81Against 0Abstain 8Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 24Absent 5

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 54Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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