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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 192777Source: 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
✓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+15 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “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 rejected by a narrow margin (284 for, 288 against, 70 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

284

Against

288

Abstain

Margin of victory

4 votes

Turnout (cast)

642

Absent

Participation rate

90.3%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 4 votes. 69 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (69) was larger than the 4-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

S&Dhad 22 absent MEPs (margin was 4)
EPPhad 20 absent MEPs (margin was 4)
PfEhad 7 absent MEPs (margin was 4)
ECRhad 5 absent MEPs (margin was 4)
Renewhad 5 absent MEPs (margin was 4)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Romania (13 absent)Spain (9 absent)France (8 absent)Italy (7 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

EPP179 MEPs

For 4Against 146Abstain 9Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 111Against 2Abstain 0Absent 22

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 40Abstain 38Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 71Abstain 5Absent 5

Renew77 MEPs

For 54Against 9Abstain 9Absent 5

Greens/EFA52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 7Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 18Against 5Abstain 2Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany51
Italy34
Netherlands14
Belgium13
Sweden13

Most against

Poland41
Spain28
Czech Republic15
Romania14
Hungary12

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Estonia
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 4Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 15Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

France80 MEPs

For 28Against 13Abstain 31Absent 8

Germany95 MEPs

For 51Against 39Abstain 1Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary18 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 1Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 28Abstain 7Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 14Against 13Abstain 4Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 41Abstain 6Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 8Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 4Against 14Abstain 2Absent 13

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 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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