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2021 discharge: European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX)

Migration & Asylum66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "frontex"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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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 155028Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Migration
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (498 for, 82 against, 44 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

498

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

416 votes

Turnout (cast)

624

Absent

Participation rate

88.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 147Against 7Abstain 3Absent 22

S&D136 MEPs

For 122Against 0Abstain 1Absent 13

Renew100 MEPs

For 90Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 36Against 14Abstain 6Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 2Against 34Abstain 18Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 12Against 18Abstain 4Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 20Against 3Abstain 11Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany75
France47
Poland47
Spain41
Italy37

Most against

Hungary11

Divided delegations

Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 4Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 5Absent 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 47Against 25Abstain 1Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 75Against 8Abstain 5Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 7Abstain 16Absent 16

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 3Abstain 5Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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