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VAT: rules for the digital age *

Taxation65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "vat"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 171706Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “VAT: rules for the digital age *”. EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (589 for, 42 against, 10 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

589

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

547 votes

Turnout (cast)

641

Absent

Participation rate

89.0%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 163Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

S&D135 MEPs

For 119Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

PfE81 MEPs

For 64Against 11Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 70Against 1Abstain 2Absent 9

Renew79 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 4Absent 5

NI30 MEPs

For 12Against 13Abstain 3Absent 2

ESN26 MEPs

For 2Against 17Abstain 1Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
France70
Italy66
Poland45
Spain43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 10Abstain 0Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 45Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 43Against 7Abstain 0Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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