← Votes·2023-05-10

2021 discharge: European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol)

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 154882Source: 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
✓High participation
✓Many 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+7 / 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 “2021 discharge: European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (594 for, 17 against, 21 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

594

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

577 votes

Turnout (cast)

632

Absent

Participation rate

89.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 160Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

S&D136 MEPs

For 129Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew100 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 49Against 5Abstain 1Absent 10

PfE64 MEPs

For 40Against 2Abstain 12Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 26Against 5Abstain 4Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 29Against 3Abstain 2Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany83
France74
Italy60
Poland48
Spain48

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 8Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 1Absent 15

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 4Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

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