← 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 157558Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓High-interest topic: Corruption
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+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 “Recommendations for reform of European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP and PfE voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (389 for, 170 against, 31 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

389

Against

170

Abstain

Margin of victory

219 votes

Turnout (cast)

590

Absent

115

Participation rate

83.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 47Against 101Abstain 8Absent 23

S&D136 MEPs

For 112Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

Renew100 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 2Absent 13

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

PfE64 MEPs

For 2Against 47Abstain 6Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 39Against 10Abstain 4Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 28Against 2Abstain 1Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 7Absent 18

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany52
France44
Poland39
Spain35
Italy33

Most against

Hungary10
Greece4

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Latvia
Portugal

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 44Against 24Abstain 0Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 52Against 29Abstain 9Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 4Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 26Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 2Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 39Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 4Abstain 3Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 35Against 15Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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