← 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 149084Source: 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
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓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+6 / 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”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (345 for, 284 against, 8 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

345

Against

284

Abstain

Margin of victory

61 votes

Turnout (cast)

637

Absent

Participation rate

91.5%

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

By political group

EPP176 MEPs

For 14Against 151Abstain 1Absent 10

S&D135 MEPs

For 115Against 6Abstain 2Absent 12

Renew100 MEPs

For 90Against 3Abstain 2Absent 5

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR62 MEPs

For 2Against 53Abstain 1Absent 6

PfE65 MEPs

For 1Against 54Abstain 0Absent 10

NI44 MEPs

For 21Against 14Abstain 1Absent 8

The Left37 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany50
France46
Spain40
Netherlands18
Belgium13

Most against

Poland39
Italy32
Romania17
Hungary11
Czech Republic10

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 28Abstain 1Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 50Against 36Abstain 1Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 2Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy67 MEPs

For 30Against 32Abstain 0Absent 5

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 39Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 14Against 17Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 40Against 14Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

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