← 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 157621Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Corruption
✓Strong 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+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR and Left voted mostly in favour, while NI and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (441 for, 70 against, 71 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

441

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

371 votes

Turnout (cast)

582

Absent

123

Participation rate

82.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 102Against 34Abstain 19Absent 24

S&D136 MEPs

For 111Against 0Abstain 0Absent 25

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 1Absent 16

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 5Against 20Abstain 28Absent 11

ECR65 MEPs

For 51Against 1Abstain 1Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 15Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 9Against 13Abstain 4Absent 20

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany49
Poland48
France43
Spain42
Italy40

Most against

Hungary9

Divided delegations

Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 4Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 43Against 19Abstain 3Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 49Against 28Abstain 13Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 1Abstain 18Absent 17

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 1Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 4Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 42Against 1Abstain 5Absent 11

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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