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Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly

Taxation65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "vat"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 192750Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (320 for, 300 against, 19 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

320

Against

300

Abstain

Margin of victory

20 votes

Turnout (cast)

639

Absent

Participation rate

89.9%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 20 votes. 72 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (72) was larger than the 20-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

S&Dhad 23 absent MEPs (margin was 20)

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

EPP179 MEPs

For 3Against 150Abstain 6Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 112Against 0Abstain 0Absent 23

PfE85 MEPs

For 28Against 45Abstain 5Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 6Against 68Abstain 3Absent 5

Renew77 MEPs

For 63Against 8Abstain 1Absent 5

Greens/EFA52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 25Abstain 0Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 4Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

France53
Germany48
Italy38
Netherlands17
Belgium14

Most against

Poland46
Spain28
Czech Republic15
Hungary13
Romania13

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Germany
Greece
Italy
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

France80 MEPs

For 53Against 16Abstain 1Absent 10

Germany95 MEPs

For 48Against 42Abstain 1Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 2Absent 2

Hungary18 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 27Abstain 4Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 17Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 46Abstain 1Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 5Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 23Against 28Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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