← Votes·2022-05-04

2020 discharge: Euratom Supply Agency (ESA)

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 142062Source: 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
✓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+12 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “2020 discharge: Euratom Supply Agency (ESA)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (529 for, 27 against, 10 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

502 votes

Turnout (cast)

566

Absent

139

Participation rate

80.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 133Against 0Abstain 0Absent 46

S&D136 MEPs

For 114Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

Renew101 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 56Against 1Abstain 1Absent 13

PfE67 MEPs

For 43Against 8Abstain 6Absent 10

ECR63 MEPs

For 48Against 5Abstain 0Absent 10

NI44 MEPs

For 26Against 6Abstain 0Absent 12

The Left38 MEPs

For 23Against 6Abstain 1Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany69
Italy63
France61
Spain45
Poland43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 61Against 1Abstain 0Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 8Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

Poland52 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 4Abstain 1Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

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