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2022 discharge: European Public Prosecutor’s Office (the ‘EPPO’)

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 167209Source: 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: Budget
✓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 Public Prosecutor’s Office (the ‘EPPO’)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR and PfE voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (494 for, 90 against, 21 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

494

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

404 votes

Turnout (cast)

605

Absent

100

Participation rate

85.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 149Against 0Abstain 0Absent 30

S&D136 MEPs

For 117Against 0Abstain 1Absent 18

Renew100 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 13Against 44Abstain 3Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 6Against 36Abstain 11Absent 11

The Left38 MEPs

For 31Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

NI46 MEPs

For 25Against 6Abstain 2Absent 13

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany75
France51
Spain51
Italy36
Poland28

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

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 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 51Against 16Abstain 1Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 75Against 1Abstain 9Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 26Abstain 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 21Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 28Against 21Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 13

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 51Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

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