Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Economy & single market
Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes
Passed by an overwhelming majority
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
- For
- 555
- Against
- 48
- Abstained
- 42
roll-call vote at 11:23 · 86% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Herbert Dorfmann · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion. · Report A-10-2024-0011
AI:What this decision does
Parliament approved the Council's draft directive on faster and safer relief of excess withholding taxes, which introduces a common EU digital tax residence certificate and two fast-track procedures for tax refunds.§1: source passage in the text The directive also sets reporting obligations for financial intermediaries and exempts member states with comprehensive relief-at-source systems and small financial markets from certain requirements.§2: source passage in the text Parliament calls on the Council to notify it if it intends to depart from the approved text and to consult Parliament again if it makes substantial amendments.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots; Against: The Left; Abstained: ESN
- The Left Against 1 for, 36 against, 5 abstainedof 47
- Greens For 47 for, 0 against, 2 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 120 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 138
- Renew For 73 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 78
- EPP For 170 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 196
- ECR For 65 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 78
- Patriots For 62 for, 7 against, 12 abstainedof 91
- ESN Abstained 0 for, 1 against, 19 abstainedof 26
- No group not a group 17 for, 4 against, 3 abstainedof 30
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
29 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (36 of 42). For: 1, Abstained: 5
Elena Kountoura (Greece, abstained), Kathleen Funchion (Ireland, abstained), Konstantinos Arvanitis (Greece, abstained), Lynn Boylan (Ireland, abstained), Nikos Pappas (Greece, abstained)
1 more from The Left
Younous Omarjee (France, for)
Greens voted for (47 of 49). Abstained: 2
Ana Miranda Paz (Spain), Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Spain)
ECR voted for (65 of 66). Abstained: 1
Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece)
Patriots voted for (62 of 81). Against: 7, Abstained: 12
Anders Vistisen (Denmark, abstained), Anna Bryłka (Poland, abstained), António Tânger Corrêa (Portugal, abstained), Elisabeth Dieringer (Austria, against), Filip Turek (Czechia, against)
14 more from Patriots
Georg Mayer (Austria, against), Gerald Hauser (Austria, against), Harald Vilimsky (Austria, against), Hermann Tertsch (Spain, abstained), Jorge Buxadé Villalba (Spain, abstained), Jorge Martín Frías (Spain, abstained), Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal (Spain, abstained), Margarita De La Pisa Carrión (Spain, abstained), Mireia Borrás Pabón (Spain, abstained), Petra Steger (Austria, against), Roman Haider (Austria, against), Tiago Moreira De Sá (Portugal, abstained), Tomasz Buczek (Poland, abstained), Vilis Krištopans (Latvia, abstained)
ESN abstained (19 of 20). Against: 1
Ivan David (Czechia)
Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.
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