← Votes·2020-10-07

Digital Finance: emerging risks in crypto-assets - regulatory and supervisory challenges in the area of financial services, institutions and markets

Vote ID 117639Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+15 / 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 “Digital Finance: emerging risks in crypto-assets - regulatory and supervisory challenges in the area of financial services, institutions and markets”. 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 (316 for, 313 against, 67 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

316

Against

313

Abstain

Margin of victory

3 votes

Turnout (cast)

696

Absent

Participation rate

98.9%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 3 votes. 8 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (8) was larger than the 3-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

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

EPP180 MEPs

For 8Against 169Abstain 2Absent 1

S&D136 MEPs

For 125Against 1Abstain 8Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 81Against 14Abstain 6Absent 0

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 1Against 47Abstain 17Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 59Abstain 1Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 21Against 15Abstain 7Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 26Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany49
France43
Spain36
Romania17
Belgium10

Most against

Poland44
Italy43
Netherlands18
Hungary13
Czech Republic11

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium20 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 2Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 43Against 8Abstain 27Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 49Against 41Abstain 5Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 4Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 43Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 10Against 18Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 8Against 44Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 14Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 36Against 17Abstain 6Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 8Absent 1

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