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Competition policy – annual report 2023

Vote ID 163038Source: 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+0 / 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 “Competition policy – annual report 2023”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (481 for, 42 against, 93 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

481

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

439 votes

Turnout (cast)

616

Absent

Participation rate

87.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 145Against 6Abstain 3Absent 25

S&D136 MEPs

For 116Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

Renew100 MEPs

For 93Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 44Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 45Against 4Abstain 7Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 15Absent 10

The Left38 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 19Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany59
France47
Italy47
Poland45
Spain45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 4Abstain 17Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 59Against 13Abstain 8Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 5Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 11Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 20Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 4Abstain 3Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

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