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2022 discharge: European Union Agency for Asylum (before 19 January 2022: European Asylum Support Office)

Migration & Asylum66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "asylum"

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 167144Source: 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
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Migration
✓Some political group division
✓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+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “2022 discharge: European Union Agency for Asylum (before 19 January 2022: European Asylum Support Office)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (473 for, 126 against, 2 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

473

Against

126

Abstain

Margin of victory

347 votes

Turnout (cast)

601

Absent

104

Participation rate

85.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 145Against 1Abstain 0Absent 33

S&D136 MEPs

For 117Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Renew100 MEPs

For 86Against 2Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 61Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 8Against 51Abstain 1Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 2Against 51Abstain 0Absent 11

The Left38 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

NI46 MEPs

For 19Against 13Abstain 1Absent 13

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany75
France49
Spain48
Italy34
Poland26

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Hungary
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 49Against 17Abstain 0Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 75Against 9Abstain 0Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 28Abstain 0Absent 14

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 5Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 26Against 22Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 1Absent 14

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 5Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs