← Votes·2023-01-19

The control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – Annual Report 2021

Vote ID 151714Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+6 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – Annual Report 2021”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (475 for, 47 against, 26 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

475

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

428 votes

Turnout (cast)

548

Absent

157

Participation rate

77.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 136Against 0Abstain 1Absent 42

S&D136 MEPs

For 106Against 0Abstain 0Absent 30

Renew100 MEPs

For 78Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

PfE65 MEPs

For 5Against 25Abstain 21Absent 14

ECR64 MEPs

For 42Against 6Abstain 2Absent 14

NI46 MEPs

For 20Against 11Abstain 0Absent 15

The Left37 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 2Absent 10

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
Poland46
France40
Italy37
Spain32

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

France79 MEPs

For 40Against 15Abstain 0Absent 24

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 9Abstain 0Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 1Abstain 19Absent 19

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 3Absent 24

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

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