← Votes·2022-11-10

Distortive foreign subsidies

Vote ID 149843Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 “Distortive foreign subsidies”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (598 for, 5 against, 9 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

598

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

593 votes

Turnout (cast)

612

Absent

Participation rate

86.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 159Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

S&D136 MEPs

For 119Against 1Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

PfE66 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR64 MEPs

For 54Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left37 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 8Absent 5

NI45 MEPs

For 27Against 3Abstain 1Absent 14

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany80
France67
Italy65
Spain49
Poland46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 80Against 0Abstain 2Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy75 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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