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Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) *

Taxation65%★

Confidence: 65%

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Evidence:

title/description contains "taxation"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 180663Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) *”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, ESN and NI voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (370 for, 160 against, 107 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

370

Against

160

Abstain

107

Margin of victory

210 votes

Turnout (cast)

637

Absent

Participation rate

88.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 154Against 14Abstain 0Absent 17

S&D135 MEPs

For 109Against 4Abstain 9Absent 13

PfE83 MEPs

For 2Against 45Abstain 28Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 50Abstain 24Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 54Against 10Abstain 3Absent 11

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 34Absent 6

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 1Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 8Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
Spain43
France36
Poland24
Romania20

Most against

Czech Republic12
Sweden11
Hungary10
Ireland10
Malta4

Divided delegations

Denmark
Estonia
Greece
Hungary
Latvia
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 2Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 5Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 4Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 36Against 5Abstain 34Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 14Abstain 8Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 5Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 27Against 6Abstain 31Absent 12

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 18Against 7Abstain 2Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 24Against 24Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 6Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 43Against 9Abstain 2Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 6Absent 1

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