← Votes·2024-04-10

Establishing a Head Office Tax system for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, and amending Directive 2011/16/EU *

Vote ID 166939Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant 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+12 / 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 “Establishing a Head Office Tax system for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, and amending Directive 2011/16/EU *”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR, Left and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (443 for, 110 against, 51 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

443

Against

110

Abstain

Margin of victory

333 votes

Turnout (cast)

604

Absent

101

Participation rate

85.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 146Against 4Abstain 0Absent 29

S&D136 MEPs

For 116Against 5Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew100 MEPs

For 89Against 0Abstain 2Absent 9

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 7Against 47Abstain 1Absent 10

PfE64 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 36Absent 15

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 10Abstain 7Absent 13

The Left38 MEPs

For 3Against 30Abstain 0Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
Spain46
France45
Italy34
Poland22

Most against

Sweden13

Divided delegations

Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 45Against 7Abstain 16Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 14Abstain 0Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 10Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 10Abstain 14Absent 18

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 21Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 6Abstain 3Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 13Abstain 5Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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