← Votes·2024-02-07

Instant payments in euro ***I

Vote ID 163746Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Instant payments in euro ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE and NI voted mostly in favour. Left and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (599 for, 7 against, 35 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

599

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

592 votes

Turnout (cast)

641

Absent

Participation rate

90.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 160Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

S&D136 MEPs

For 127Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Renew100 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 53Against 2Abstain 4Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 32Against 3Abstain 5Absent 6

The Left38 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 21Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
France66
Italy65
Spain51
Poland47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 5Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 81Against 0Abstain 7Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 51Against 1Abstain 1Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

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