← Votes·2022-05-05

Competition policy - annual report 2021

Vote ID 142248Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 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+8 / 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 “Competition policy - annual report 2021”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while Left and ESN voted mostly against. PfE and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (436 for, 70 against, 95 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

436

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

366 votes

Turnout (cast)

601

Absent

104

Participation rate

85.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 151Against 0Abstain 1Absent 27

S&D136 MEPs

For 109Against 2Abstain 1Absent 24

Renew101 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 60Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

PfE67 MEPs

For 6Against 20Abstain 32Absent 9

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 45Absent 10

NI44 MEPs

For 15Against 11Abstain 9Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 26Abstain 6Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany68
France46
Spain45
Romania22
Netherlands20

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Greece
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 4Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 4Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 17Abstain 3Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 68Against 14Abstain 2Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 5Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 35Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 24Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 7Abstain 4Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

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