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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 116294Source: 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+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 “A comprehensive Union policy on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing – the Commission’s Action Plan and other recent developments”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (534 for, 25 against, 122 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

534

Against

Abstain

122

Margin of victory

509 votes

Turnout (cast)

681

Absent

Participation rate

96.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 166Against 1Abstain 4Absent 8

S&D136 MEPs

For 127Against 0Abstain 4Absent 5

Renew101 MEPs

For 98Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 1Abstain 3Absent 3

PfE66 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 53Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 44Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 29Against 7Abstain 5Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 26Against 3Abstain 8Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
France56
Spain47
Italy39
Romania32

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 23Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 12Abstain 0Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 35Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 26Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain58 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 9Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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