← Votes·2026-03-10

European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law-Making covering 2023 and 2024

Vote ID 186902Source: 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
✓Strong 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+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law-Making covering 2023 and 2024”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (493 for, 92 against, 44 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

493

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

401 votes

Turnout (cast)

629

Absent

Participation rate

87.6%

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

By political group

EPP184 MEPs

For 162Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

S&D135 MEPs

For 118Against 2Abstain 1Absent 14

ECR82 MEPs

For 74Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Renew78 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

PfE84 MEPs

For 7Against 46Abstain 12Absent 19

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 16Abstain 22Absent 7

NI29 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 7Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 2Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany63
Italy54
Poland42
France38
Spain37

Most against

Hungary8

Divided delegations

France
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 38Against 26Abstain 0Absent 17

Germany95 MEPs

For 63Against 17Abstain 5Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 3Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 0Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 54Against 1Abstain 16Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 24Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 42Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 37Against 7Abstain 0Absent 16

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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