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Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2022

Corruption65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fraud"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 163070Source: 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
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Corruption
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2022”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR voted mostly against. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (446 for, 48 against, 66 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

446

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

398 votes

Turnout (cast)

560

Absent

145

Participation rate

79.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 122Against 0Abstain 11Absent 46

S&D136 MEPs

For 106Against 0Abstain 0Absent 30

Renew100 MEPs

For 87Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR65 MEPs

For 9Against 29Abstain 13Absent 14

PfE64 MEPs

For 16Against 6Abstain 26Absent 16

NI46 MEPs

For 18Against 12Abstain 8Absent 8

The Left38 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 2Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
France49
Spain48
Italy46
Romania21

Most against

Poland25
Hungary9

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 18Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 1Abstain 8Absent 23

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 4Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 46Against 1Abstain 5Absent 24

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 8

Poland52 MEPs

For 12Against 25Abstain 10Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 4Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs