Decision

Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2022

Effect: Adopted
Result: 446 for · 48 against · 66 abstained roll call
Date: 18 January 2024, 12:15–12:17
Kind: Resolution

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Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0434
Dossier: 2023-2045
Source: Committee report by Maria Grapini
Votes: 12 votes · 5 roll calls · 4 amendments
Requested by: Greens (1 split vote) · EPP (1 split vote) · ECR (1 roll call) · ID (1 roll call)
Sitting: Thursday 18 January 2024
Final vote: 163070

Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0434
Dossier: 2023-2045
Source: Committee report by Maria Grapini
Votes: 12 votes · 5 roll calls · 4 amendments
Requested by: Greens (1 split vote) · EPP (1 split vote) · ECR (1 roll call) · ID (1 roll call)
Sitting: Thursday 18 January 2024
Final vote: 163070

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Votes on this decision

Members on the final vote

Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Adopted by a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 4 amendments (1 adopted, 3 rejected) and 7 parts of the text voted on separately (3 adopted, 4 rejected).

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by ECR; Patriots and ESN mostly abstained.

Groups

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Members’ votes by their current group. Majority: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group’s votes, otherwise Divided.
Group	For	Against	Abst.	Majority line	Clear line
The Left	For 10	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Greens	For 26	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
S&D	For 53	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 35	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 69	Against 0	Abst. 4	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 4	Against 9	Abst. 8	Majority line Against	Clear line Divided
Patriots	For 3	Against 6	Abst. 13	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Divided
ESN	For 0	Against 0	Abst. 3	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Abstained
No group	For 1	Against 0	Abst. 4	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Abstained

Voted against their group, 0

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast) of their group — groups as of today: the view with groups at the date of the vote is not available right now.

Nobody voted against a clear line of their group.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

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Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call — groups as of today: the view with groups at the date of the vote is not available right now.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

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All votes on this decision, 12

In voting order. **Result**: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). **Requested by**: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result
1	Separate vote on paragraph 13	Show of hands	Rejected
2	Separate vote on paragraph 21	Counted	289 for, 239 against, 31 abstained Adopted
3	Separate vote on paragraph 24	Show of hands	Rejected

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Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
2	Separate vote on paragraph 21	Counted	289 for, 239 against, 31 abstained Adopted
3	Separate vote on paragraph 24	Show of hands	Rejected

Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
4	Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 27 A9-0434/2023 – Maria Grapini – After § 27 – Am 6	Roll call	138 for, 396 against, 22 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ID
5	Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 46 — part 1 A9-0434/2023 – Maria Grapini – After § 46 – Am 8/1 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘notes that according to unpublished information provided to the Court, the Commission provided EUR 12.9 billion in commitments under direct and indirect management and EUR 34.2 billion in commitments under shared management for purposes related to the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020;’”	Roll call	410 for, 125 against, 4 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: ECR; split: Greens
6	Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 46 — part 2 A9-0434/2023 – Maria Grapini – After § 46 – Am 8/2 Part voted on: “those words”	Roll call	213 for, 326 against, 15 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ECR; split: Greens
7	Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 55 A9-0434/2023 – Maria Grapini – After § 55 – Am 7	Roll call	138 for, 416 against, 3 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ID
8	Paragraph 94 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: ‘Calls on the Commission to ensure that the efficiency and efficacy of OLAF’s work in corruption and fraud detection is maintained’	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
9	Paragraph 94 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: ‘and that, therefore, the reduction of OLAF’s annual budget envisaged for full-time employees must be considered in line with the true business needs of OLAF, as reflected in its annual report;’	Counted	279 for, 269 against, 5 abstained Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
10	Separate vote on recital D	Show of hands	Rejected
11	Separate vote on recital N	Show of hands	Rejected
12	Final vote — text as a whole A9-0434/2023 – Maria Grapini – Motion for a resolution (text as a whole)	Roll call	446 for, 48 against, 66 abstained Adopted

Roll calls requested by ECR, ID · split votes by Greens, EPP.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2023-0434

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/2045(INI) · Own-initiative report

Protection of the European Union’s financial interests - combating fraud - annual report 2022

Parliament adopted the text on 18 January 2024. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 20 April 2023 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 4 December 2023 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 12 December 2023 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 18 January 2024 (done)
Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: CONT · Author: Maria GRAPINI (S&D)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

No connections found for this decision.

Sources & citation

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-18/3
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 18 January 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 18 January 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-01-18
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2024). “Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2022”. Decision, 18 January 2024. votingId 163070, document A-9-2023-0434, reference 2023-2045. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-18/3 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 18 January 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-18-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 18 January 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-18-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-01-18, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-01-18/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2024-01-18-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2022}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-01-18},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-18/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-18/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 163070, document A-9-2023-0434, reference 2023-2045. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-18-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-18-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-01-18 (CC BY 4.0)}
}