← Votes·2021-04-28

Digital taxation: OECD negotiations, tax residency of digital companies and a possible European Digital Tax

Taxation86%★

Confidence: 86%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "taxation"
title/description contains "digital tax"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 130716Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Digital taxation: OECD negotiations, tax residency of digital companies and a possible European Digital Tax”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (549 for, 70 against, 75 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

549

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

479 votes

Turnout (cast)

694

Absent

Participation rate

98.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 158Against 10Abstain 9Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 124Against 4Abstain 4Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 79Against 6Abstain 16Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 44Against 22Abstain 1Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 12Against 10Abstain 40Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 27Against 13Abstain 2Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 35Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France79
Germany76
Italy74
Spain55
Romania31

Most against

Hungary12
Sweden11
Malta6

Divided delegations

Denmark
Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 79Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 76Against 11Abstain 6Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 1Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 9Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 4Abstain 7Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 26Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 55Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 5Absent 0

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