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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 190239Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Corruption
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+15 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+12 / 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”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE and ECR voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (315 for, 310 against, 20 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

315

Against

310

Abstain

Margin of victory

5 votes

Turnout (cast)

645

Absent

Participation rate

89.7%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 5 votes. 74 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (74) was larger than the 5-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 21 absent MEPs (margin was 5)
S&Dhad 11 absent MEPs (margin was 5)
PfEhad 8 absent MEPs (margin was 5)
ECRhad 8 absent MEPs (margin was 5)
Renewhad 7 absent MEPs (margin was 5)
Greens-EFAhad 7 absent MEPs (margin was 5)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Italy (10 absent)Germany (8 absent)Spain (7 absent)France (6 absent)Hungary (6 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

EPP185 MEPs

For 5Against 159Abstain 0Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 124Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 77Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 4Against 66Abstain 4Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 70Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

The Left45 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ESN27 MEPs

For 19Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 13Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany55
Italy33
Netherlands15
Belgium13
Sweden13

Most against

Poland42
France39
Spain27
Czech Republic16
Romania15

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Estonia
France
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 36Against 39Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 55Against 28Abstain 5Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 33Abstain 0Absent 10

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 15Against 13Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 42Abstain 2Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 15Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 5Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 26Against 27Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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