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Pandora Papers: implications on the efforts to combat money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance

Corruption65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "money laundering"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Taxation65%

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "tax evasion"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 136783Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Corruption
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 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+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 “Pandora Papers: implications on the efforts to combat money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (578 for, 28 against, 79 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

578

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

550 votes

Turnout (cast)

685

Absent

Participation rate

97.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 166Against 2Abstain 6Absent 5

S&D136 MEPs

For 122Against 0Abstain 4Absent 10

Renew101 MEPs

For 95Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 46Against 7Abstain 13Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 13Against 12Abstain 38Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 29Against 5Abstain 9Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
France79
Italy73
Spain55
Romania30

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 5Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 79Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 81Against 10Abstain 1Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 9Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 12Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 27Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 55Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

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