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Competition policy - annual report 2022

Vote ID 155915Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some 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+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 “Competition policy - annual report 2022”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (428 for, 147 against, 55 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

428

Against

147

Abstain

Margin of victory

281 votes

Turnout (cast)

630

Absent

Participation rate

89.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 147Against 4Abstain 8Absent 20

S&D136 MEPs

For 116Against 3Abstain 3Absent 14

Renew100 MEPs

For 82Against 6Abstain 3Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 62Against 4Abstain 1Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 50Abstain 10Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 47Abstain 7Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 17Against 11Abstain 8Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 3Against 18Abstain 13Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany54
France46
Spain45
Italy37
Netherlands20

Most against

Poland26
Czech Republic9

Divided delegations

Belgium
Czech Republic
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 5Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 22Abstain 2Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 54Against 20Abstain 10Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 5Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 6Absent 7

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 21Abstain 9Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 26Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 5Abstain 4Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 6Absent 3

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