← Votes·2020-07-09

A comprehensive Union policy on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing – the Commission’s Action Plan and other recent developments

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 116079Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Corruption
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+15 / 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 “A comprehensive Union policy on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing – the Commission’s Action Plan and other recent developments”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (324 for, 299 against, 76 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

324

Against

299

Abstain

Margin of victory

25 votes

Turnout (cast)

699

Absent

Participation rate

99.3%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 25 votes. 5 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (5) was not larger than the 25-vote margin.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 9Against 163Abstain 6Absent 1

S&D136 MEPs

For 130Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1

Renew101 MEPs

For 77Against 22Abstain 1Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

PfE66 MEPs

For 1Against 45Abstain 20Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 3Against 50Abstain 10Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 21Against 11Abstain 10Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 24Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France48
Spain35
Romania18
Belgium12
Czech Republic10

Most against

Germany46
Poland41
Italy37
Netherlands16
Hungary12

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany
Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 4Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 5Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 8Abstain 23Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 45Against 46Abstain 4Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 8Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 37Abstain 6Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 16Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 41Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 35Against 18Abstain 5Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 1Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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