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Taxation - administrative cooperation: deferral of certain deadlines for the filing and exchanging of information in the field of taxation due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Health65%★

Confidence: 65%

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title/description contains "pandemic"

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Taxation65%

Confidence: 65%

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Evidence:

title/description contains "taxation"

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Vote ID 115492Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “Taxation - administrative cooperation: deferral of certain deadlines for the filing and exchanging of information in the field of taxation due to the COVID-19 pandemic”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (500 for, 152 against, 13 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

500

Against

152

Abstain

Margin of victory

348 votes

Turnout (cast)

665

Absent

Participation rate

94.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 171Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

S&D136 MEPs

For 119Against 6Abstain 0Absent 11

Renew101 MEPs

For 75Against 21Abstain 2Absent 3

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 6Against 58Abstain 4Absent 3

PfE66 MEPs

For 45Against 17Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR63 MEPs

For 57Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

NI44 MEPs

For 18Against 15Abstain 5Absent 6

The Left38 MEPs

For 4Against 33Abstain 1Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy61
Germany57
Poland48
Spain47
Romania32

Most against

France67

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 10Against 67Abstain 0Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 57Against 27Abstain 0Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 12Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 47Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

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