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Strategic Innovation Agenda of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology

Taxation65%★
Confidence: 65%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "vat"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Vote ID 129553Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
18
/ 100

Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Procedural or paragraph vote
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Some MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+6 / 15
Turnout+5 / 5
Vote type+3 / 25
Close vote+0 / 15
Legislative+0 / 15
Rebel votes+4 / 10
Group division+0 / 15
Country division+0 / 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 “Strategic Innovation Agenda of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (673 for, 6 against, 20 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For
673
Against
6
Abstain
20
Margin of victory
667 votes
Turnout (cast)
699
Absent
6
Participation rate
99.2%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 178Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
S&D136 MEPs
For 135Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Renew101 MEPs
For 101Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
PfE67 MEPs
For 61Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0
ECR63 MEPs
For 57Against 1Abstain 5Absent 0
NI44 MEPs
For 33Against 4Abstain 4Absent 3
The Left38 MEPs
For 36Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany85
  • France78
  • Italy73
  • Spain59
  • Poland52
Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 78Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Germany96 MEPs
For 85Against 0Abstain 11Absent 0
Greece21 MEPs
For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2
Hungary21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 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 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 27Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Portugal21 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 59Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

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