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Protection of the EU’s financial interests - combating fraud - annual report 2020

Corruption65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fraud"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 146601Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Corruption
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “Protection of the EU’s financial interests - combating fraud - annual report 2020”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (437 for, 94 against, 39 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

437

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

343 votes

Turnout (cast)

570

Absent

135

Participation rate

80.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 132Against 1Abstain 7Absent 39

S&D136 MEPs

For 107Against 0Abstain 1Absent 28

Renew101 MEPs

For 88Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 42Abstain 13Absent 6

PfE67 MEPs

For 2Against 36Abstain 12Absent 17

NI44 MEPs

For 15Against 11Abstain 4Absent 14

The Left38 MEPs

For 25Against 2Abstain 0Absent 11

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany73
France48
Spain46
Italy34
Romania25

Most against

Poland25
Hungary6

Divided delegations

Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 6Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 14Abstain 1Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 73Against 2Abstain 7Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 13

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 27Abstain 2Absent 13

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

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 2Abstain 4Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 18Against 25Abstain 4Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 2Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 4Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

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