← Votes·2023-10-05

Financial services contracts concluded at a distance

Vote ID 158473Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 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 “Financial services contracts concluded at a distance”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (548 for, 4 against, 14 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

548

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

544 votes

Turnout (cast)

566

Absent

139

Participation rate

80.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 144Against 0Abstain 0Absent 35

S&D136 MEPs

For 103Against 0Abstain 0Absent 33

Renew100 MEPs

For 84Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

ECR65 MEPs

For 49Against 3Abstain 5Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

PfE64 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 2Absent 12

NI46 MEPs

For 31Against 1Abstain 2Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany78
France65
Italy56
Spain49
Poland42

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 9

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 78Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

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