← Votes·2021-02-10

Markets in financial instruments

Vote ID 127230Source: 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
✓Strong 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+25 / 25

Close vote+6 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Markets in financial instruments”. EPP, Renew and ECR voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly against. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (339 for, 294 against, 57 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

339

Against

294

Abstain

Margin of victory

45 votes

Turnout (cast)

690

Absent

Participation rate

97.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 163Against 4Abstain 6Absent 6

S&D136 MEPs

For 3Against 129Abstain 1Absent 3

Renew101 MEPs

For 93Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 1Against 68Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 13Against 18Abstain 36Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 54Against 3Abstain 6Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 10Against 28Abstain 4Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 37Abstain 0Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland42
Romania23
Netherlands17
Hungary15
Czech Republic14

Most against

France46
Germany44
Italy31
Spain31
Portugal14

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 5Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 30Against 46Abstain 1Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 37Against 44Abstain 10Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 14Against 31Abstain 29Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 42Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 27Against 31Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 3Absent 1

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