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Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023

Vote ID 171133Source: 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
✓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+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 “Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023”. EPP, S&D, PfE, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (598 for, 17 against, 37 abstentions).

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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

598

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

581 votes

Turnout (cast)

652

Absent

Participation rate

90.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 162Against 0Abstain 1Absent 22

S&D135 MEPs

For 124Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

PfE81 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 7Absent 6

Renew79 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 61Against 7Abstain 2Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

NI30 MEPs

For 16Against 8Abstain 5Absent 1

ESN26 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 19Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
France72
Italy64
Spain52
Poland45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 72Against 4Abstain 1Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 4Abstain 11Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 2Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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