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Reforming the EU policy on harmful tax practices (including the reform of the Code of Conduct Group)

Vote ID 136125Source: 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
✓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+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 “Reforming the EU policy on harmful tax practices (including the reform of the Code of Conduct Group)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (506 for, 81 against, 99 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

506

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

425 votes

Turnout (cast)

686

Absent

Participation rate

97.4%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 147Against 2Abstain 26Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 126Against 3Abstain 1Absent 6

Renew101 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 18Absent 0

PfE67 MEPs

For 28Against 14Abstain 25Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 46Abstain 15Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

NI44 MEPs

For 22Against 13Abstain 8Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany73
Italy65
France56
Spain43
Romania32

Most against

Poland27
Hungary12
Malta5

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 6Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 10Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 23Absent 0

Germany95 MEPs

For 73Against 11Abstain 4Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 8Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 9Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 5Abstain 5Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 27Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 43Against 4Abstain 12Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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