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Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2023

Corruption65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fraud"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 175067Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Corruption
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2023”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE, ECR and NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (473 for, 59 against, 114 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

Abstain

114

Margin of victory

414 votes

Turnout (cast)

646

Absent

Participation rate

89.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 164Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

PfE81 MEPs

For 1Against 25Abstain 49Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 49Absent 8

Renew79 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

The Left45 MEPs

For 32Against 2Abstain 1Absent 10

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 22Abstain 2Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 11Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
France45
Italy43
Spain43
Romania26

Most against

Hungary11

Divided delegations

Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 10Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 32Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 15Abstain 6Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 5Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 24Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 23Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 20Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 7Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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