← Votes·2023-11-23

European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law Making covering 2020, 2021 and 2022

Vote ID 160070Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many 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+7 / 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 “European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law Making covering 2020, 2021 and 2022”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while ECR voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (439 for, 55 against, 45 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

439

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

384 votes

Turnout (cast)

539

Absent

163

Participation rate

76.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 139Against 0Abstain 0Absent 40

S&D136 MEPs

For 98Against 0Abstain 0Absent 38

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

ECR64 MEPs

For 4Against 40Abstain 11Absent 9

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

PfE64 MEPs

For 35Against 10Abstain 3Absent 16

NI46 MEPs

For 19Against 4Abstain 6Absent 17

The Left36 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 24Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

France60
Germany56
Italy46
Spain43
Romania25

Most against

Poland25

Divided delegations

Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 4Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 5Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 7Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 56Against 10Abstain 5Absent 25

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 46Against 7Abstain 0Absent 23

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 3Absent 15

Poland51 MEPs

For 22Against 25Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain57 MEPs

For 43Against 3Abstain 3Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

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