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Competition policy – annual report 2025

Vote ID 194903Source: 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+10 / 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 “Competition policy – annual report 2025”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE and NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (501 for, 61 against, 95 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

501

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

440 votes

Turnout (cast)

657

Absent

Participation rate

95.4%

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

By political group

EPP181 MEPs

For 174Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

S&D131 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

PfE79 MEPs

For 8Against 18Abstain 49Absent 4

Renew74 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ECR78 MEPs

For 44Against 5Abstain 24Absent 5

Greens/EFA50 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

The Left41 MEPs

For 18Against 9Abstain 4Absent 10

NI28 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 16Absent 0

ESN26 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany71
Italy60
Spain46
France37
Romania29

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic18 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France76 MEPs

For 37Against 5Abstain 24Absent 10

Germany95 MEPs

For 71Against 13Abstain 7Absent 4

Greece20 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Hungary19 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 10Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy70 MEPs

For 60Against 1Abstain 5Absent 4

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 27Against 6Abstain 19Absent 1

Portugal20 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania31 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 5Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 2Abstain 6Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

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