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Increasing the attractiveness of public capital markets and facilitating access to capital for SMEs – amending certain regulations ***I

Vote ID 168297Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “Increasing the attractiveness of public capital markets and facilitating access to capital for SMEs – amending certain regulations ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (533 for, 31 against, 28 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

533

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

502 votes

Turnout (cast)

592

Absent

113

Participation rate

84.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 150Against 0Abstain 0Absent 29

S&D136 MEPs

For 113Against 0Abstain 0Absent 23

Renew100 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 53Against 1Abstain 2Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 23Against 9Abstain 18Absent 14

The Left38 MEPs

For 15Against 15Abstain 2Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 23Against 3Abstain 4Absent 16

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany71
Spain52
France50
Italy49
Poland44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 50Against 5Abstain 19Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 71Against 12Abstain 1Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 27

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 1Abstain 1Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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