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2021 discharge: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

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 154902Source: 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
✓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+10 / 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 Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (555 for, 38 against, 36 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

555

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

517 votes

Turnout (cast)

629

Absent

Participation rate

89.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 158Against 1Abstain 0Absent 20

S&D136 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Renew100 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE64 MEPs

For 7Against 18Abstain 30Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 45Against 9Abstain 1Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 27Against 6Abstain 2Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
France56
Spain49
Poland48
Italy42

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 18Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 81Against 1Abstain 8Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 42Against 17Abstain 1Absent 16

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 24Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 3Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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