← 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 157559Source: 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 (404 for, 144 against, 39 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

404

Against

144

Abstain

Margin of victory

260 votes

Turnout (cast)

587

Absent

118

Participation rate

83.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 57Against 89Abstain 11Absent 22

S&D136 MEPs

For 110Against 0Abstain 1Absent 25

Renew100 MEPs

For 84Against 0Abstain 1Absent 15

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

PfE64 MEPs

For 2Against 41Abstain 12Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 46Against 5Abstain 2Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 7Absent 18

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany50
France49
Italy40
Poland35
Spain35

Most against

Hungary10
Greece4

Divided delegations

Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 3Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 49Against 18Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 50Against 29Abstain 9Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 4Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 19Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 35Against 9Abstain 3Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 6Abstain 2Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 35Against 15Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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