← Votes·2022-09-13

The impact of COVID-19 closures of educational, cultural, youth and sports activities on children and young people in the EU

Education84%★

Confidence: 84%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "education"
title/description contains "youth"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 147522Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “The impact of COVID-19 closures of educational, cultural, youth and sports activities on children and young people in the EU”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ECR and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (522 for, 12 against, 79 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

510 votes

Turnout (cast)

613

Absent

Participation rate

87.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 158Against 1Abstain 0Absent 20

S&D136 MEPs

For 121Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew100 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA72 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

PfE67 MEPs

For 35Against 4Abstain 18Absent 10

ECR63 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 46Absent 12

NI44 MEPs

For 20Against 4Abstain 12Absent 8

The Left37 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany76
France75
Spain50
Italy47
Romania28

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 6Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 6Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 76Against 0Abstain 10Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 11Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 7Absent 22

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 2Abstain 5Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 22Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain58 MEPs

For 50Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Individual MEP positions

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