Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Economy & single market
Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)
Passed by a clear majority
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
- For
- 370
- Against
- 160
- Abstained
- 107
roll-call vote at 11:59 · 58% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Evelyn Regner · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion. · Report A-10-2025-0194
AI:What this decision does
The BEFIT proposal introduces a common system for calculating the corporate tax base of large cross-border business groups in the EU and for allocating these tax bases among group members.§2: source passage in the text Parliament adopted its position on the proposed law, approving the Commission proposal as amended.§1: source passage in the text Parliament calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly and asks the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: ECR, ESN; Abstained: The Left; Divided: Patriots
- The Left Abstained 0 for, 5 against, 35 abstainedof 46
- Greens For 45 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 111 for, 4 against, 8 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 51 for, 10 against, 3 abstainedof 75
- EPP For 155 for, 14 against, 2 abstainedof 193
- ECR Against 0 for, 49 against, 22 abstainedof 79
- Patriots Divided 1 for, 47 against, 28 abstainedof 87
- ESN Against 0 for, 22 against, 1 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 7 for, 9 against, 8 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
69 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left abstained (35 of 40). Against: 5
Giorgos Georgiou (Cyprus), João Oliveira (Portugal), Kathleen Funchion (Ireland), Luke Ming Flanagan (Ireland), Rima Hassan (France)
S&D voted for (111 of 123). Against: 4, Abstained: 8
Adnan Dibrani (Sweden, abstained), Alex Agius Saliba (Malta, against), Christel Schaldemose (Denmark, abstained), Evin Incir (Sweden, abstained), Francisco Assis (Portugal, against)
7 more from S&D
Heléne Fritzon (Sweden, against), Johan Danielsson (Sweden, abstained), Marianne Vind (Denmark, abstained), Marina Kaljurand (Estonia, abstained), Sofie Eriksson (Sweden, abstained), Sven Mikser (Estonia, abstained), Thomas Bajada (Malta, against)
Renew voted for (51 of 64). Against: 10, Abstained: 3
Asger Christensen (Denmark, abstained), Barry Cowen (Ireland, against), Bart Groothuis (Netherlands, against), Billy Kelleher (Ireland, against), Ciaran Mullooly (Ireland, against)
8 more from Renew
Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (Ireland, against), Elsi Katainen (Finland, abstained), Emma Wiesner (Sweden, against), Jeannette Baljeu (Netherlands, against), Karin Karlsbro (Sweden, against), Malik Azmani (Netherlands, against), Morten Løkkegaard (Denmark, abstained), Urmas Paet (Estonia, against)
EPP voted for (155 of 171). Against: 14, Abstained: 2
Alice Teodorescu Måwe (Sweden, against), Arba Kokalari (Sweden, against), David Casa (Malta, against), Henrik Dahl (Denmark, against), Jessica Polfjärd (Sweden, against)
11 more from EPP
Jessika van Leeuwen (Netherlands, abstained), Jörgen Warborn (Sweden, against), Maria Walsh (Ireland, against), Michalis Hadjipantela (Cyprus, against), Niels Flemming Hansen (Denmark, against), Nina Carberry (Ireland, against), Peter Agius (Malta, against), Regina Doherty (Ireland, against), Sander Smit (Netherlands, abstained), Seán Kelly (Ireland, against), Tomas Tobé (Sweden, against)
ECR voted against (49 of 71). Abstained: 22
Alessandro Ciriani (Italy), Antonella Sberna (Italy), Carlo Ciccioli (Italy), Carlo Fidanza (Italy), Chiara Gemma (Italy)
17 more from ECR
Daniele Polato (Italy), Denis Nesci (Italy), Elena Donazzan (Italy), Francesco Torselli (Italy), Francesco Ventola (Italy), Giovanni Crosetto (Italy), Lara Magoni (Italy), Marco Squarta (Italy), Mariateresa Vivaldini (Italy), Mario Mantovani (Italy), Michele Picaro (Italy), Nicola Procaccini (Italy), Paolo Inselvini (Italy), Pietro Fiocchi (Italy), Ruggero Razza (Italy), Sergio Berlato (Italy), Stefano Cavedagna (Italy)
ESN voted against (22 of 23). Abstained: 1
Petras Gražulis (Lithuania)
Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 15 amendments (15 rejected) and 11 parts of the text voted on separately (3 adopted, 8 rejected).