← Votes·2023-11-22

Common system of value added tax (VAT): rules for the digital age

Taxation65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "vat"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 160068Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Common system of value added tax (VAT): rules for the digital age”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA, PfE and NI voted mostly in favour. Left and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (570 for, 17 against, 52 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

570

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

553 votes

Turnout (cast)

639

Absent

Participation rate

91.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 165Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

S&D136 MEPs

For 119Against 1Abstain 1Absent 15

Renew100 MEPs

For 93Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR64 MEPs

For 54Against 3Abstain 6Absent 1

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 41Against 1Abstain 16Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 26Against 4Abstain 8Absent 8

The Left36 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 18Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy72
Germany71
France67
Spain51
Poland48

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 4Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 12Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 9Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 3Abstain 2Absent 4

Poland51 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain57 MEPs

For 51Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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