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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 190262Source: 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
✓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+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 2024”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while Left, ESN and NI voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (485 for, 77 against, 66 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.

Result analysis

For

485

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

408 votes

Turnout (cast)

628

Absent

Participation rate

87.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 162Against 0Abstain 0Absent 23

S&D135 MEPs

For 116Against 1Abstain 0Absent 18

PfE85 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 57Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 63Against 4Abstain 4Absent 11

Renew78 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 18Against 19Abstain 2Absent 6

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 1Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 3Against 18Abstain 2Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
Italy48
Spain48
Poland45
France41

Most against

Slovakia8

Divided delegations

Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 7Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 41Against 1Abstain 32Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 20Abstain 0Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 3Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 8Absent 10

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 48Against 15Abstain 0Absent 13

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 6Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 45Against 1Abstain 1Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 48Against 3Abstain 1Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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