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2020 discharge: European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX)

Migration & Asylum66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "frontex"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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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 142372Source: 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: Migration
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “2020 discharge: European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (492 for, 145 against, 8 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

492

Against

145

Abstain

Margin of victory

347 votes

Turnout (cast)

645

Absent

Participation rate

91.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 154Against 10Abstain 0Absent 15

S&D136 MEPs

For 125Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Renew101 MEPs

For 93Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE67 MEPs

For 2Against 61Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 52Abstain 3Absent 7

NI44 MEPs

For 18Against 15Abstain 4Absent 7

The Left38 MEPs

For 32Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany79
Spain54
France41
Italy40
Romania25

Most against

Poland25
Hungary11

Divided delegations

France
Hungary
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 41Against 26Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 79Against 10Abstain 0Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 1Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 31Abstain 1Absent 4

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 25Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 54Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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