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Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2022

Vote ID 163051Source: 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
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 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 (543 for, 12 against, 64 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

543

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

531 votes

Turnout (cast)

619

Absent

Participation rate

87.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 151Against 3Abstain 2Absent 23

S&D136 MEPs

For 113Against 2Abstain 0Absent 21

Renew100 MEPs

For 94Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 42Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 11Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 28Against 5Abstain 4Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany75
France68
Italy55
Spain52
Romania24

Most against

Croatia4

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 3Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 10Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 55Against 1Abstain 10Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 25Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 1Abstain 4Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs