← Votes·2024-02-28

Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes *

Vote ID 164530Source: 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 “Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes *”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (541 for, 36 against, 23 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

541

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

505 votes

Turnout (cast)

600

Absent

105

Participation rate

85.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 149Against 2Abstain 2Absent 26

S&D136 MEPs

For 118Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Renew100 MEPs

For 88Against 3Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 2Absent 12

PfE64 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 5Absent 15

NI46 MEPs

For 20Against 9Abstain 6Absent 11

The Left38 MEPs

For 3Against 21Abstain 5Absent 9

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany79
France59
Italy56
Spain45
Poland43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Cyprus

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 59Against 6Abstain 1Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 79Against 7Abstain 0Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 2Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 8Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 56Against 1Abstain 0Absent 19

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 2Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 5Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

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