← Votes·2023-12-12

Role of tax policy in times of crisis

Vote ID 162153Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Role of tax policy in times of crisis”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (282 for, 300 against, 30 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

282

Against

300

Abstain

Margin of victory

18 votes

Turnout (cast)

612

Absent

Participation rate

86.9%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 18 votes. 92 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (92) was larger than the 18-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 19 absent MEPs (margin was 18)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 8Against 140Abstain 12Absent 19

S&D136 MEPs

For 111Against 7Abstain 3Absent 15

Renew100 MEPs

For 60Against 20Abstain 6Absent 14

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 57Abstain 0Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 51Abstain 1Absent 12

NI46 MEPs

For 14Against 18Abstain 4Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 27Against 3Abstain 2Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France43
Germany42
Spain35
Romania16
Portugal12

Most against

Italy36
Poland36
Netherlands15
Sweden14
Hungary12

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 2Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 4Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 4Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 43Against 25Abstain 1Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 42Against 42Abstain 1Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 1Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 36Abstain 1Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 8Against 15Abstain 0Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 6Against 36Abstain 1Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 12Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain58 MEPs

For 35Against 16Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 0Absent 4

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