← Votes·2023-06-15

Lessons learnt from the Pandora Papers and other revelations

Vote ID 155926Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 “Lessons learnt from the Pandora Papers and other revelations”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, PfE, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (465 for, 5 against, 36 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

465

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

460 votes

Turnout (cast)

506

Absent

199

Participation rate

71.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 2Absent 51

S&D136 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 0Absent 44

Renew100 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 0Absent 23

ECR65 MEPs

For 40Against 2Abstain 9Absent 14

PfE64 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 11Absent 15

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

NI46 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 9Absent 16

The Left37 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 2Absent 12

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France62
Germany58
Italy52
Poland46
Spain42

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 5Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 62Against 1Abstain 2Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 8Absent 30

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 6Absent 10

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 4Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

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