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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 192823Source: 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+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 (291 for, 303 against, 50 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

291

Against

303

Abstain

Margin of victory

12 votes

Turnout (cast)

644

Absent

Participation rate

90.6%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 12 votes. 67 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (67) was larger than the 12-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

S&Dhad 21 absent MEPs (margin was 12)
EPPhad 20 absent MEPs (margin was 12)

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 5Against 153Abstain 1Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 113Against 1Abstain 0Absent 21

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 52Abstain 26Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 70Abstain 7Absent 5

Renew77 MEPs

For 70Against 1Abstain 2Absent 4

Greens/EFA52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 3Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 11Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany45
France36
Netherlands18
Belgium13
Sweden13

Most against

Poland46
Italy35
Spain27
Czech Republic15
Romania15

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Estonia
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

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 11Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

France80 MEPs

For 36Against 4Abstain 32Absent 8

Germany95 MEPs

For 45Against 41Abstain 5Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 4Absent 2

Hungary18 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 35Abstain 0Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 18Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 46Abstain 1Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 2Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 24Against 27Abstain 1Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

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