← Votes·2023-01-17

Taxation: rules to prevent the misuse of shell entities for tax purposes

Taxation65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "taxation"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 151562Source: 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

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+0 / 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 “Taxation: rules to prevent the misuse of shell entities for tax purposes”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (637 for, 2 against, 6 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

637

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

635 votes

Turnout (cast)

645

Absent

Participation rate

91.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 166Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

S&D136 MEPs

For 125Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Renew100 MEPs

For 94Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

PfE65 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

ECR64 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

NI46 MEPs

For 35Against 1Abstain 2Absent 8

The Left37 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany90
France74
Italy68
Spain55
Poland47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs