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Competition policy – annual report 2024

Vote ID 175594Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many 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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Competition policy – annual report 2024”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR, Left and NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (358 for, 124 against, 79 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

358

Against

124

Abstain

Margin of victory

234 votes

Turnout (cast)

561

Absent

159

Participation rate

77.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 135Against 0Abstain 2Absent 48

S&D135 MEPs

For 108Against 0Abstain 0Absent 27

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 28Abstain 40Absent 14

PfE81 MEPs

For 1Against 61Abstain 6Absent 13

Renew79 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 19Absent 17

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 3Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 9Absent 11

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany57
Spain31
Italy29
Poland26
Netherlands21

Most against

France37
Czech Republic12
Hungary7

Divided delegations

France
Greece
Hungary
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 6Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 3Absent 7

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 12Abstain 3Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 28Against 37Abstain 0Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 57Against 11Abstain 11Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 3Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 1Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 6Abstain 26Absent 15

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 5Abstain 3Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 26Against 20Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 1Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 6Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Spain60 MEPs

For 31Against 6Abstain 5Absent 18

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

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