← Votes·2023-07-13

Recommendations for reform of European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption

Corruption86%★

Confidence: 86%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "corruption"
title/description contains "anti-corruption"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Institutional Affairs61%

Confidence: 61%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "european parliament"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 157551Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓High-interest topic: Corruption
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “Recommendations for reform of European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (469 for, 76 against, 47 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

469

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

393 votes

Turnout (cast)

592

Absent

113

Participation rate

84.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 81Against 67Abstain 9Absent 22

S&D136 MEPs

For 109Against 2Abstain 1Absent 24

Renew100 MEPs

For 79Against 3Abstain 5Absent 13

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 60Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

PfE64 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 17Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 10Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 2Absent 18

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy56
Germany55
Spain50
France46
Poland44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Germany
Luxembourg
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 2Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 5Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 2Abstain 20Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 55Against 30Abstain 5Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 1Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 56Against 3Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 3Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 44Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 4Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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