← Votes·2022-09-15

EU Border Regions: Living labs of European integration

Vote ID 147372Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “EU Border Regions: Living labs of European integration”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (522 for, 49 against, 11 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

522

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

473 votes

Turnout (cast)

582

Absent

123

Participation rate

82.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 143Against 0Abstain 1Absent 35

S&D136 MEPs

For 114Against 3Abstain 0Absent 19

Renew101 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA72 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

PfE67 MEPs

For 19Against 30Abstain 3Absent 15

ECR63 MEPs

For 36Against 8Abstain 4Absent 15

NI44 MEPs

For 27Against 5Abstain 2Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany82
France52
Italy47
Poland47
Spain44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Denmark

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 52Against 17Abstain 1Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 82Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 29

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 4Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 3Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

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