← Votes·2022-11-22

The borrowing strategy to finance Next Generation EU, the Union’s Recovery instrument

Vote ID 150133Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 borrowing strategy to finance Next Generation EU, the Union’s Recovery instrument”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (474 for, 80 against, 78 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

474

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

394 votes

Turnout (cast)

632

Absent

Participation rate

89.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 144Against 4Abstain 10Absent 21

S&D136 MEPs

For 116Against 4Abstain 6Absent 10

Renew100 MEPs

For 75Against 4Abstain 13Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

ECR64 MEPs

For 11Against 23Abstain 25Absent 5

PfE65 MEPs

For 20Against 28Abstain 6Absent 11

NI45 MEPs

For 18Against 10Abstain 9Absent 8

The Left37 MEPs

For 24Against 4Abstain 5Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany67
Italy64
Spain51
France46
Romania30

Most against

Sweden8

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 5Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 18Abstain 8Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 67Against 11Abstain 5Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 12Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy75 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 15Against 7Abstain 5Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 8Abstain 17Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 51Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 8Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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