← Votes·2022-05-03

Report on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age

AI & Technology67%★

Confidence: 67%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "artificial intelligence"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 142082Source: 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-interest topic: Ai Technology
✓Strong 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+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Report on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Left voted mostly against. PfE and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (495 for, 34 against, 102 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

495

Against

Abstain

102

Margin of victory

461 votes

Turnout (cast)

631

Absent

Participation rate

89.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 158Against 0Abstain 1Absent 20

S&D136 MEPs

For 124Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

Renew101 MEPs

For 93Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

PfE67 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 34Absent 7

ECR63 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 50Absent 10

NI44 MEPs

For 23Against 8Abstain 6Absent 7

The Left38 MEPs

For 2Against 25Abstain 6Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany78
France60
Spain47
Italy39
Romania25

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 5Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 5Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 60Against 3Abstain 5Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 78Against 5Abstain 4Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 7Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 1Abstain 29Absent 7

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 5Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 22Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 47Against 5Abstain 4Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

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