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The role of simple tax rules and tax fragmentation in European competitiveness

Vote ID 179441Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some 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+10 / 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 “The role of simple tax rules and tax fragmentation in European competitiveness”. EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (499 for, 66 against, 53 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

499

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

433 votes

Turnout (cast)

618

Absent

102

Participation rate

85.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 168Against 0Abstain 2Absent 15

S&D135 MEPs

For 101Against 0Abstain 0Absent 34

PfE82 MEPs

For 40Against 26Abstain 9Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 40Against 10Abstain 22Absent 10

Renew79 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

The Left45 MEPs

For 31Against 1Abstain 5Absent 8

NI29 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 11Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 3Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

France69
Germany62
Italy57
Spain43
Poland26

Most against

Hungary9

Divided delegations

Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 4Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 4Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 69Against 4Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 62Against 15Abstain 8Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 1Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 5Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 26Against 3Abstain 19Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Romania33 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 2Absent 9

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 43Against 7Abstain 2Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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