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The protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2021

Corruption65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fraud"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 151811Source: 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
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Corruption
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 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 protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2021”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (459 for, 33 against, 56 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

459

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

426 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 107Against 0Abstain 0Absent 29

Renew100 MEPs

For 79Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

PfE65 MEPs

For 22Against 16Abstain 12Absent 15

ECR64 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 35Absent 14

NI46 MEPs

For 15Against 11Abstain 5Absent 15

The Left37 MEPs

For 24Against 2Abstain 0Absent 11

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany71
Italy57
France39
Spain33
Romania28

Most against

Hungary6

Divided delegations

Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

France79 MEPs

For 39Against 15Abstain 1Absent 24

Germany96 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 10Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 1Absent 9

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 57Against 1Abstain 0Absent 18

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 5Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 23Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 2Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 3Absent 23

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Individual MEP positions

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