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Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023

Vote ID 175044Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+15 / 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 “Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023”. EPP, PfE, ECR, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D and Left voted mostly against. Renew and Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (340 for, 162 against, 150 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

340

Against

162

Abstain

150

Margin of victory

178 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 159Against 0Abstain 11Absent 15

S&D135 MEPs

For 9Against 112Abstain 4Absent 10

PfE81 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 9Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 66Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 60Against 1Abstain 11Absent 10

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 43Absent 7

The Left45 MEPs

For 4Against 32Abstain 2Absent 7

ESN27 MEPs

For 21Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 14Against 9Abstain 2Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany49
Poland43
France34
Italy34
Spain26

Most against

Greece10
Malta3

Divided delegations

Austria
Estonia
Finland
France
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 10Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 11Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 4Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 7Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 6Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 34Against 20Abstain 22Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 49Against 20Abstain 19Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 3Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 5Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 30Abstain 3Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 9Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 43Against 3Abstain 2Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 9Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 7Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 6Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 26Against 21Abstain 4Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 9Absent 0

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