← Votes·2021-01-21

Reforming the EU list of tax havens

Vote ID 127180Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+0 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “Reforming the EU list of tax havens”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (587 for, 50 against, 46 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

587

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

537 votes

Turnout (cast)

683

Absent

Participation rate

97.2%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 148Against 13Abstain 9Absent 8

S&D136 MEPs

For 130Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Renew100 MEPs

For 80Against 1Abstain 17Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 51Against 12Abstain 2Absent 2

ECR63 MEPs

For 46Against 8Abstain 8Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 29Against 11Abstain 2Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany82
France75
Italy73
Spain57
Poland49

Most against

Hungary13
Ireland6
Malta5

Divided delegations

Hungary
Ireland
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium20 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 10Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 82Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 14Against 10Abstain 5Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Sweden20 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 5Absent 1

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