← Votes·2020-12-16

Sustainable corporate governance

Vote ID 125593Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Sustainable corporate governance”. EPP, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (353 for, 324 against, 17 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

353

Against

324

Abstain

Margin of victory

29 votes

Turnout (cast)

694

Absent

Participation rate

98.6%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 29 votes. 10 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (10) was not larger than the 29-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

EPP180 MEPs

For 172Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 4Against 131Abstain 0Absent 1

Renew100 MEPs

For 34Against 63Abstain 2Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 0Against 69Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE66 MEPs

For 60Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 57Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 21Against 15Abstain 6Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 37Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy53
Germany47
Poland42
Romania21
Netherlands18

Most against

France48
Spain36
Portugal14
Denmark12
Austria11

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 7Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 31Against 48Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 46Abstain 0Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 4Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 53Against 21Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 42Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 23Against 36Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden20 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

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