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Competition policy - annual report 2020

Vote ID 132417Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓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+7 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “Competition policy - annual report 2020”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (508 for, 115 against, 68 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

508

Against

115

Abstain

Margin of victory

393 votes

Turnout (cast)

691

Absent

Participation rate

98.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 171Against 0Abstain 4Absent 4

S&D136 MEPs

For 133Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 10Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE67 MEPs

For 6Against 31Abstain 29Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 23Against 33Abstain 6Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 17Against 12Abstain 13Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 35Abstain 2Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
Spain52
France50
Italy40
Romania33

Most against

Poland27

Divided delegations

France
Greece
Ireland
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 5Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 50Against 28Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 16Abstain 5Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 2Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 12Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 33Absent 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 24Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 27Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 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 52Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

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