← Votes·2023-05-10

2021 discharge: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

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 154948Source: 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 Food Safety Authority (EFSA)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (578 for, 56 against, 4 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

578

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

522 votes

Turnout (cast)

638

Absent

Participation rate

90.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 161Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

S&D136 MEPs

For 127Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Renew100 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE64 MEPs

For 28Against 29Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 43Against 14Abstain 0Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 27Against 9Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany82
Italy63
France55
Spain49
Poland46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 55Against 19Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 82Against 8Abstain 0Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 63Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 1Absent 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

Individual MEP positions

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