← Votes·2025-11-26

Access to finance for SMEs and scale-ups

Vote ID 181952Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 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 “Access to finance for SMEs and scale-ups”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR and NI voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (264 for, 363 against, 39 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.

Result analysis

For

264

Against

363

Abstain

Margin of victory

99 votes

Turnout (cast)

666

Absent

Participation rate

92.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 5Against 167Abstain 3Absent 10

S&D135 MEPs

For 125Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

PfE84 MEPs

For 0Against 79Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 75Abstain 0Absent 6

Renew78 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 51Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 31Absent 7

NI29 MEPs

For 2Against 23Abstain 2Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 3Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany45
Netherlands15
Belgium11
Sweden11
Denmark10

Most against

Poland45
France40
Italy36
Spain29
Romania18

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 17Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 3Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 27Against 40Abstain 7Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 45Against 41Abstain 5Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 24Against 36Abstain 9Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 15Against 11Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 45Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 14Against 18Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 24Against 29Abstain 2Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 2Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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