← Votes·2019-09-19

The state of implementation of the Union’s anti-money laundering legislation

Corruption65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "money laundering"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 108749Source: 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 “The state of implementation of the Union’s anti-money laundering legislation”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (494 for, 14 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.

Result analysis

For

494

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

480 votes

Turnout (cast)

584

Absent

Participation rate

86.1%

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

By political group

EPP173 MEPs

For 146Against 0Abstain 4Absent 23

S&D132 MEPs

For 109Against 0Abstain 2Absent 21

Renew96 MEPs

For 86Against 1Abstain 3Absent 6

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR59 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 41Absent 4

PfE64 MEPs

For 24Against 7Abstain 22Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

NI43 MEPs

For 23Against 2Abstain 2Absent 16

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany71
France65
Spain45
Italy35
Romania28

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria18 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Croatia11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Finland13 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

France74 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 71Against 10Abstain 0Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy73 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 27Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Poland51 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 25Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania32 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain54 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 2Absent 7

Sweden20 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

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