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Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024

Vote ID 186166Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 2024”. EPP, PfE and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. ECR and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (233 for, 250 against, 76 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

233

Against

250

Abstain

Margin of victory

17 votes

Turnout (cast)

559

Absent

159

Participation rate

77.9%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 17 votes. 159 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (159) was larger than the 17-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 43 absent MEPs (margin was 17)
S&Dhad 27 absent MEPs (margin was 17)
PfEhad 23 absent MEPs (margin was 17)
ECRhad 20 absent MEPs (margin was 17)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

France (27 absent)Italy (19 absent)Spain (19 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP184 MEPs

For 136Against 1Abstain 4Absent 43

S&D135 MEPs

For 4Against 104Abstain 0Absent 27

Renew78 MEPs

For 17Against 44Abstain 2Absent 15

ECR82 MEPs

For 4Against 18Abstain 40Absent 20

PfE84 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 1Absent 23

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 43Abstain 2Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 35Abstain 1Absent 9

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 20Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 6Absent 8

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland23
Romania15
Czech Republic13
Austria11
Greece8

Most against

Italy32
Germany31
France26
Spain21
Netherlands17

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 1Absent 7

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 2Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 5Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 23Against 26Abstain 5Absent 27

Germany95 MEPs

For 30Against 31Abstain 20Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 16

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 12Against 32Abstain 13Absent 19

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 13Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 23Against 5Abstain 18Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 7Abstain 1Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Spain60 MEPs

For 18Against 21Abstain 2Absent 19

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 0Absent 6

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