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Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2021

Vote ID 150923Source: 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
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+2 / 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 “Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2021”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while ECR voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (408 for, 44 against, 31 abstentions).

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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

408

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

364 votes

Turnout (cast)

483

Absent

222

Participation rate

68.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 108Against 1Abstain 8Absent 62

S&D137 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 0Absent 47

Renew100 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 0Absent 23

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

PfE65 MEPs

For 29Against 2Abstain 16Absent 18

ECR64 MEPs

For 7Against 36Abstain 1Absent 20

NI45 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 5Absent 20

The Left37 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
Italy54
France43
Spain30
Netherlands18

Most against

Poland21

Divided delegations

Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 3Absent 6

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

France79 MEPs

For 43Against 2Abstain 17Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 1Abstain 0Absent 31

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Italy76 MEPs

For 54Against 5Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 4Abstain 0Absent 7

Poland52 MEPs

For 16Against 21Abstain 0Absent 15

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 4Absent 12

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 2Absent 6

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Spain59 MEPs

For 30Against 1Abstain 2Absent 26

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

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