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The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies

Taxation65%★

Confidence: 65%

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Vote ID 183160Source: 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+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (492 for, 144 against, 28 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

492

Against

144

Abstain

Margin of victory

348 votes

Turnout (cast)

664

Absent

Participation rate

92.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 178Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

S&D135 MEPs

For 125Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

PfE84 MEPs

For 9Against 63Abstain 6Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 57Against 14Abstain 4Absent 7

Renew78 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 35Abstain 3Absent 7

NI29 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 8Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 1Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany66
Italy56
Spain46
Poland44
Romania29

Most against

France40
Hungary11

Divided delegations

France
Greece
Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 2Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 30Against 40Abstain 4Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 66Against 21Abstain 3Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 4Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 56Against 9Abstain 7Absent 4

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 24Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 44Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 4Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 46Against 7Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

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