← Votes·2023-05-10

2021 discharge: Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-Rail)

Budget66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "discharge"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 154801Source: 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
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+12 / 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 “2021 discharge: Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-Rail)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (549 for, 41 against, 34 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

549

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

508 votes

Turnout (cast)

624

Absent

Participation rate

88.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 156Against 1Abstain 0Absent 22

S&D136 MEPs

For 127Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Renew100 MEPs

For 88Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 44Against 11Abstain 1Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 8Against 21Abstain 26Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 26Against 4Abstain 4Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 30Against 2Abstain 1Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
France56
Poland49
Spain48
Italy43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 17Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 81Against 1Abstain 7Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 43Against 16Abstain 2Absent 15

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 3Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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