← Votes·2021-09-16

Implementation of EU requirements for exchange of tax information

Vote ID 135750Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some 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+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 “Implementation of EU requirements for exchange of tax information”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. PfE, ECR and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (561 for, 12 against, 116 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

561

Against

Abstain

116

Margin of victory

549 votes

Turnout (cast)

689

Absent

Participation rate

97.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 169Against 0Abstain 5Absent 5

S&D136 MEPs

For 129Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Renew101 MEPs

For 95Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE67 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 40Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 55Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 34Against 6Abstain 3Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France79
Germany74
Spain55
Italy41
Romania32

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 5Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 79Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 16Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 32Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 2Abstain 5Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 26Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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