← Votes·2023-05-10

2021 discharge: European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)

Budget66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "discharge"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Gender Equality65%

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "gender equality"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 154970Source: 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+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 Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (511 for, 86 against, 29 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

511

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

425 votes

Turnout (cast)

626

Absent

Participation rate

88.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 157Against 2Abstain 0Absent 20

S&D136 MEPs

For 125Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Renew100 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE64 MEPs

For 6Against 47Abstain 2Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 5Against 23Abstain 26Absent 11

NI46 MEPs

For 23Against 10Abstain 1Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
France53
Spain46
Italy36
Romania29

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 53Against 21Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 81Against 9Abstain 1Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 16Abstain 9Absent 15

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 26Against 3Abstain 18Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 3Abstain 0Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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