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Responsible private funding of litigation

Taxation65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "vat"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 147523Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Responsible private funding of litigation”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (504 for, 57 against, 65 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

504

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

447 votes

Turnout (cast)

626

Absent

Participation rate

88.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 162Against 0Abstain 1Absent 16

S&D136 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Renew100 MEPs

For 89Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Greens/EFA72 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

PfE67 MEPs

For 6Against 32Abstain 20Absent 9

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 40Absent 12

NI44 MEPs

For 25Against 8Abstain 4Absent 7

The Left37 MEPs

For 29Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany80
France54
Spain51
Italy31
Romania29

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 19Abstain 2Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 80Against 9Abstain 2Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 1Abstain 23Absent 21

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 22Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain58 MEPs

For 51Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

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