← Votes·2023-02-02

Transparency and targeting of political advertising

Vote ID 152384Source: 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
✓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+12 / 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 “Transparency and targeting of political advertising”. 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 (433 for, 61 against, 110 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

433

Against

Abstain

110

Margin of victory

372 votes

Turnout (cast)

604

Absent

101

Participation rate

85.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 129Against 3Abstain 15Absent 32

S&D136 MEPs

For 124Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Renew100 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 14Absent 13

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

PfE65 MEPs

For 1Against 33Abstain 24Absent 7

ECR64 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 50Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 12Abstain 3Absent 15

The Left37 MEPs

For 27Against 2Abstain 2Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
France51
Spain48
Italy33
Romania25

Most against

Hungary9

Divided delegations

Hungary
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 3Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 7Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 19Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 9Abstain 17Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 1Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 20Abstain 10Absent 13

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 4Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 25Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 2Abstain 3Absent 3

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 4Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 7Absent 5

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