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Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2022

Vote ID 160066Source: 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
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2022”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (488 for, 12 against, 62 abstentions).

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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

488

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

476 votes

Turnout (cast)

562

Absent

140

Participation rate

80.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 144Against 0Abstain 0Absent 35

S&D136 MEPs

For 100Against 0Abstain 0Absent 36

Renew100 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

ECR64 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 47Absent 6

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

PfE64 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 7Absent 13

NI46 MEPs

For 20Against 5Abstain 8Absent 13

The Left36 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany73
France69
Italy48
Spain45
Romania24

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 4Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 2Absent 21

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 1Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 7Absent 10

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 7Absent 21

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 3Absent 15

Poland51 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 24Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain57 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 6Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

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