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Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure implementing the parliamentary reform ‘Parliament 2024’

Taxation65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "vat"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Institutional Affairs61%★

Confidence: 61%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "rules of procedure"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 167979Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+6 / 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 “Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure implementing the parliamentary reform ‘Parliament 2024’”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (334 for, 288 against, 2 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

334

Against

288

Abstain

Margin of victory

46 votes

Turnout (cast)

624

Absent

Participation rate

88.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 9Against 149Abstain 0Absent 21

S&D136 MEPs

For 124Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Renew100 MEPs

For 89Against 3Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 63Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 57Abstain 0Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 51Abstain 0Absent 13

NI46 MEPs

For 18Against 17Abstain 1Absent 10

The Left38 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany54
France44
Spain37
Netherlands16
Romania13

Most against

Poland38
Italy34
Czech Republic17
Hungary12
Bulgaria8

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 44Against 27Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 54Against 39Abstain 0Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 0Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 27Against 34Abstain 0Absent 15

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 16Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 38Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 0Absent 15

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 37Against 18Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs