← 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 157619Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Significant 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+15 / 15

Country division+12 / 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, PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP and ECR voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (326 for, 187 against, 57 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

326

Against

187

Abstain

Margin of victory

139 votes

Turnout (cast)

570

Absent

135

Participation rate

80.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 39Against 103Abstain 12Absent 25

S&D136 MEPs

For 97Against 3Abstain 8Absent 28

Renew100 MEPs

For 62Against 8Abstain 13Absent 17

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 60Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

PfE64 MEPs

For 24Against 21Abstain 9Absent 10

ECR65 MEPs

For 4Against 39Abstain 8Absent 14

The Left37 MEPs

For 24Against 3Abstain 0Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 6Absent 21

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany75
France57
Spain26
Sweden19
Netherlands14

Most against

Italy40
Poland35
Romania14
Croatia7
Greece6

Divided delegations

Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Latvia
Romania
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 2Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 57Against 3Abstain 6Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 75Against 11Abstain 1Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 14

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 8Absent 10

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 19Against 40Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 3Absent 7

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 35Abstain 2Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 3Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 14Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 3Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 26Against 11Abstain 12Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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