← Votes·2020-10-07

Further development of the Capital Markets Union (CMU): improving access to capital market finance, in particular by SMEs, and further enabling retail investor participation

Vote ID 117721Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓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+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Further development of the Capital Markets Union (CMU): improving access to capital market finance, in particular by SMEs, and further enabling retail investor participation”. ECR and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (92 for, 549 against, 55 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.

Result analysis

For

Against

549

Abstain

Margin of victory

457 votes

Turnout (cast)

696

Absent

Participation rate

98.9%

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

By political group

EPP180 MEPs

For 16Against 159Abstain 4Absent 1

S&D136 MEPs

For 0Against 133Abstain 1Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 7Against 93Abstain 1Absent 0

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 0Against 69Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 13Against 12Abstain 40Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 49Against 10Abstain 2Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 5Against 31Abstain 7Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 38Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland27

Most against

Germany82
Spain55
France48
Italy40
Romania31

Divided delegations

Poland
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium20 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 0Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 0Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 8Against 48Abstain 22Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 13Against 82Abstain 0Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 20Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 6Against 40Abstain 29Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 1Against 27Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 27Against 25Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 31Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 4Against 55Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

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