← Votes·2026-05-20

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

View all votes on Taxation →

Vote ID 192980Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

/ 100

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

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly”. S&D, ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (320 for, 293 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

293

Abstain

Margin of victory

27 votes

Turnout (cast)

632

Absent

Participation rate

88.9%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 27 votes. 79 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (79) was larger than the 27-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

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 17Against 137Abstain 3Absent 22

S&D135 MEPs

For 101Against 8Abstain 1Absent 25

ECR82 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

PfE85 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew77 MEPs

For 8Against 58Abstain 5Absent 6

Greens/EFA52 MEPs

For 1Against 48Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 2Against 39Abstain 1Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 8Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy52
France41
Poland27
Romania14
Czech Republic13

Most against

Germany54
Spain26
Netherlands22
Belgium13
Sweden12

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Estonia
Greece
Lithuania
Malta

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 1Absent 1

France80 MEPs

For 41Against 15Abstain 5Absent 19

Germany95 MEPs

For 28Against 54Abstain 6Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary18 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 52Against 15Abstain 1Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 9Against 22Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 27Against 22Abstain 1Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 14Against 13Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 25Against 26Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

Loading individual positions…