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Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024

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 190161Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some 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+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 2024”. EPP and ECR voted mostly in favour, while S&D, PfE, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (231 for, 389 against, 33 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

231

Against

389

Abstain

Margin of victory

158 votes

Turnout (cast)

653

Absent

Participation rate

90.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 164Against 3Abstain 0Absent 18

S&D135 MEPs

For 5Against 119Abstain 0Absent 11

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 76Abstain 1Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 48Against 8Abstain 20Absent 6

Renew78 MEPs

For 5Against 62Abstain 5Absent 6

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 45Abstain 1Absent 7

The Left45 MEPs

For 2Against 40Abstain 0Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 5Against 17Abstain 3Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 2Against 19Abstain 3Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland22
Romania15
Bulgaria7
Ireland7
Croatia5

Most against

France64
Germany51
Italy39
Spain31
Netherlands21

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 7Against 64Abstain 4Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 34Against 51Abstain 3Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 27Against 39Abstain 1Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 7Against 21Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 22Against 10Abstain 17Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 12Abstain 2Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 22Against 31Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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