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Regulatory fitness, subsidiarity and proportionality - report on Better Law Making 2017, 2018 and 2019

Vote ID 134350Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
62
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓Some political group division
  • ✓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+10 / 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 “Regulatory fitness, subsidiarity and proportionality - report on Better Law Making 2017, 2018 and 2019”. 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 (620 for, 20 against, 51 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
620
Against
20
Abstain
51
Margin of victory
600 votes
Turnout (cast)
691
Absent
14
Participation rate
98.0%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 174Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4
S&D136 MEPs
For 131Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5
Renew101 MEPs
For 100Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
PfE67 MEPs
For 57Against 7Abstain 3Absent 0
ECR63 MEPs
For 18Against 3Abstain 42Absent 0
NI44 MEPs
For 36Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2
The Left38 MEPs
For 32Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany82
  • France77
  • Italy74
  • Spain54
  • Romania30
Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 15Against 1Abstain 5Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 77Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Germany96 MEPs
For 82Against 10Abstain 1Absent 3
Greece21 MEPs
For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Latvia8 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 21Against 1Abstain 6Absent 1
Poland52 MEPs
For 28Against 0Abstain 24Absent 0
Portugal21 MEPs
For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 30Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 54Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1
Sweden21 MEPs
For 15Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

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