← Votes·2022-10-18

Discharge 2020: European Border and Coast Guard Agency

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 148972Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many 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+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 “Discharge 2020: European Border and Coast Guard Agency”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (467 for, 136 against, 15 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

467

Against

136

Abstain

Margin of victory

331 votes

Turnout (cast)

618

Absent

Participation rate

88.8%

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

By political group

EPP176 MEPs

For 149Against 11Abstain 1Absent 15

S&D135 MEPs

For 117Against 6Abstain 1Absent 11

Renew100 MEPs

For 89Against 1Abstain 1Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR62 MEPs

For 2Against 50Abstain 3Absent 7

PfE65 MEPs

For 3Against 49Abstain 0Absent 13

NI44 MEPs

For 14Against 15Abstain 6Absent 9

The Left37 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany73
Spain47
France39
Italy33
Romania31

Most against

Poland26
Hungary9

Divided delegations

France
Hungary
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 39Against 28Abstain 1Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 73Against 6Abstain 1Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 2Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 1Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy67 MEPs

For 33Against 29Abstain 1Absent 4

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 26Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 47Against 5Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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