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Increasing innovation, industrial and technological competitiveness

Taxation65%★

Confidence: 65%

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Vote ID 162154Source: 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+4 / 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 “Increasing innovation, industrial and technological competitiveness”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while Left voted mostly against. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (465 for, 36 against, 50 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

465

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

429 votes

Turnout (cast)

551

Absent

152

Participation rate

78.4%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 141Against 0Abstain 0Absent 37

S&D136 MEPs

For 96Against 0Abstain 5Absent 35

Renew100 MEPs

For 81Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 53Against 3Abstain 1Absent 13

ECR65 MEPs

For 49Against 2Abstain 5Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 21Against 6Abstain 24Absent 13

NI46 MEPs

For 21Against 7Abstain 6Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 3Against 18Abstain 6Absent 10

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany67
Italy59
Spain43
Poland42
France38

Most against

Cyprus2

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 2Absent 5

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 38Against 3Abstain 23Absent 15

Germany96 MEPs

For 67Against 10Abstain 2Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 8Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 1Absent 6

Poland51 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 43Against 4Abstain 0Absent 11

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 1Absent 4

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