← Votes·2022-05-04

2020 discharge: European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPOL)

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 142273Source: 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+10 / 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 Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPOL)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE and Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (506 for, 27 against, 94 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

506

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

479 votes

Turnout (cast)

627

Absent

Participation rate

88.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 156Against 0Abstain 2Absent 21

S&D136 MEPs

For 117Against 0Abstain 5Absent 14

Renew101 MEPs

For 94Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

PfE67 MEPs

For 27Against 4Abstain 32Absent 4

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 48Absent 10

ECR63 MEPs

For 45Against 7Abstain 4Absent 7

NI44 MEPs

For 27Against 7Abstain 1Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 30Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany57
France51
Spain47
Poland44
Italy42

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 5Absent 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 13Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 51Against 1Abstain 13Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 57Against 3Abstain 24Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 28Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 3Abstain 2Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 44Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 47Against 4Abstain 3Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

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