← Votes·2024-02-27

European Central Bank – annual report 2023

Vote ID 164486Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

/ 100

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

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 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 “European Central Bank – annual report 2023”. EPP, S&D, Renew and ECR voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (418 for, 157 against, 42 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

418

Against

157

Abstain

Margin of victory

261 votes

Turnout (cast)

617

Absent

Participation rate

87.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 148Against 1Abstain 1Absent 29

S&D136 MEPs

For 118Against 2Abstain 1Absent 15

Renew100 MEPs

For 87Against 3Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 1Against 65Abstain 2Absent 2

ECR65 MEPs

For 44Against 5Abstain 12Absent 4

PfE64 MEPs

For 5Against 28Abstain 21Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 13Against 18Abstain 4Absent 11

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 31Abstain 1Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland48
Germany47
Spain39
Italy28
Romania22

Most against

France39
Greece6

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 33Against 39Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 36Abstain 2Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 2Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 9Abstain 25Absent 14

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 4Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 22Against 2Abstain 1Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 39Against 9Abstain 4Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

Loading individual positions…