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2020 discharge: European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust)

Budget66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "discharge"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Justice64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "criminal justice"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 142784Source: 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
✓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+6 / 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 Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (571 for, 26 against, 36 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

571

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

545 votes

Turnout (cast)

633

Absent

Participation rate

89.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 161Against 0Abstain 1Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 121Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew101 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE67 MEPs

For 27Against 10Abstain 26Absent 4

ECR63 MEPs

For 44Against 2Abstain 7Absent 10

NI44 MEPs

For 29Against 7Abstain 1Absent 7

The Left38 MEPs

For 31Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany79
France65
Spain53
Poland45
Italy44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 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 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 79Against 8Abstain 0Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 25Absent 7

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 53Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

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