← Votes·2022-05-04

2020 discharge: European Union Agency for Railways (ERA)

Budget66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "discharge"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

View all votes on Budget →

Transport64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "railway"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

View all votes on Transport →

Vote ID 142058Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

/ 100

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

Show full breakdown

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 Union Agency for Railways (ERA)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (578 for, 53 against, 13 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

578

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

525 votes

Turnout (cast)

644

Absent

Participation rate

91.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 161Against 3Abstain 1Absent 14

S&D136 MEPs

For 124Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Renew101 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE67 MEPs

For 23Against 32Abstain 8Absent 4

ECR63 MEPs

For 47Against 8Abstain 1Absent 7

NI44 MEPs

For 31Against 5Abstain 2Absent 6

The Left38 MEPs

For 33Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany78
France67
Spain54
Poland46
Italy45

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 17Against 2Abstain 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 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 78Against 9Abstain 0Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 45Against 24Abstain 2Absent 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 23Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

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

Individual MEP positions

Loading individual positions…