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Competition policy - annual report 2019

Vote ID 115404Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “Competition policy - annual report 2019”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (521 for, 41 against, 126 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

521

Against

Abstain

126

Margin of victory

480 votes

Turnout (cast)

688

Absent

Participation rate

97.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 163Against 2Abstain 12Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 131Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Renew101 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 13Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 5Absent 3

PfE66 MEPs

For 25Against 15Abstain 25Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 26Against 13Abstain 23Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 25Against 6Abstain 10Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 33Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France73
Germany73
Poland48
Spain47
Romania32

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Czech Republic

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 8Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 73Against 10Abstain 8Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 7Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 10Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 49Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 10Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 47Against 4Abstain 6Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

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