← Votes·2023-03-14

Activities of the European Ombudsman - annual report 2021

Vote ID 153359Source: 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
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 “Activities of the European Ombudsman - annual report 2021”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (602 for, 8 against, 18 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

602

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

594 votes

Turnout (cast)

628

Absent

Participation rate

89.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 155Against 3Abstain 2Absent 19

S&D136 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 89Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

ECR64 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 4Absent 4

PfE65 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 8Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

NI46 MEPs

For 29Against 4Abstain 1Absent 12

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
France72
Italy66
Poland48
Spain48

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 1Abstain 8Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 66Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 1Abstain 4Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

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