← Votes·2025-11-13

Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements ***I

Vote ID 181104Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+15 / 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 “Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements ***I”. EPP, Renew and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D, ECR, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (271 for, 264 against, 106 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

271

Against

264

Abstain

106

Margin of victory

7 votes

Turnout (cast)

641

Absent

Participation rate

89.1%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 7 votes. 78 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (78) was larger than the 7-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 15 absent MEPs (margin was 7)
S&Dhad 15 absent MEPs (margin was 7)
Renewhad 12 absent MEPs (margin was 7)
PfEhad 8 absent MEPs (margin was 7)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Italy (12 absent)Germany (11 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 169Against 1Abstain 0Absent 15

S&D135 MEPs

For 2Against 118Abstain 0Absent 15

ECR82 MEPs

For 23Against 52Abstain 2Absent 5

PfE83 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 72Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 62Against 2Abstain 2Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 2Against 45Abstain 0Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 38Abstain 0Absent 6

NI29 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 9Absent 5

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 20Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany34
Spain24
Romania15
Netherlands13
Belgium11

Most against

Italy49
Poland24
Greece10
Portugal10
Finland7

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 5Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 10Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 23Against 25Abstain 28Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 34Against 31Abstain 20Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 10Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 9Against 49Abstain 6Absent 12

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 13Against 10Abstain 4Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 22Against 24Abstain 3Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 1Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 11Abstain 1Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 24Against 24Abstain 6Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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