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2021 discharge: European Labour Authority (ELA)

Budget66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "discharge"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Social Affairs64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "labour"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 154998Source: 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
✓Strong 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+12 / 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 Labour Authority (ELA)”. 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, 74 against, 43 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

437 votes

Turnout (cast)

628

Absent

Participation rate

89.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 159Against 1Abstain 0Absent 19

S&D136 MEPs

For 127Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Renew100 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE64 MEPs

For 6Against 47Abstain 1Absent 10

ECR65 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 39Absent 11

NI46 MEPs

For 25Against 9Abstain 1Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
France52
Spain48
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 12Against 3Abstain 3Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 52Against 20Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 81Against 8Abstain 2Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 17Abstain 7Absent 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 21Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 23Absent 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 48Against 3Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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