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A coherent tax framework for the EU’s financial sector

Effect
Adopted
Result
418 for · 152 against · 85 abstained roll call
Date
7 July 2026, 13:49–13:51
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0169
Dossier
2024/2117(INI)
Source
Committee report by Matthias Ecke
Topics
Economy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
15 votes · 5 roll calls · 4 amendments
Requested by
S&D (1 roll call) · Members (3 split votes, 1 separate vote)
Sitting
Tuesday 7 July 2026
Final vote
194927
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Votes on this decision
Members on the final vote

Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 418 for, 152 against, 85 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 4 amendments (4 rejected) and 10 parts of the text voted on separately (7 adopted, 3 rejected).

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by ECR, Patriots and ESN; The Left mostly abstained.

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Majority line: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. Cohesion: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 2Against 4Abst. 25No vote 14 of 45Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.71
GreensFor 49Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 123Against 0Abst. 4No vote 8 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.95
RenewFor 74Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 157Against 10Abst. 7No vote 11 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.85
ECRFor 0Against 41Abst. 32No vote 9 of 82Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.34
PatriotsFor 12Against 62Abst. 0No vote 11 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.76
ESNFor 0Against 25Abst. 0No vote 2 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 1Against 10Abst. 17No vote 1 of 29Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 39

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)
Members' votes by country. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Cohesion: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria136010.53
Belgium145210.50
Bulgaria96020.40
Cyprus2220—
Czechia133230.58
Germany63151170.56
Denmark121200.70
Estonia5101—
Spain456450.73
Finland121110.79
France32285160.24
Greece513210.47
Croatia110011.00
Hungary611220.37
Ireland110210.77
Italy31629100.20
Lithuania81110.70
Luxembourg5100—
Latvia6030—
Malta0051—
Netherlands197320.48
Poland2726000.26
Portugal171030.92
Romania237030.65
Sweden163200.64
Slovenia8001—
Slovakia52710.25

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

Members who spoke in the plenary debate on the dossier. Speeches: how many times they took the floor. Final vote: their recorded position on this decision's final roll call.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches17 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Matthias ECKE GermanyS&DSpeeches17 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For

All votes on this decision, 15

In voting order. Result: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Separate vote on paragraph 1 Counted322 for, 295 against, 38 abstained Adopted
2Separate vote on paragraph 2 Counted289 for, 351 against, 14 abstained RejectedRequested byseparate: Members
3Paragraph 7 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Observes moreover that existing tax rules have not fully kept pace with the emergence of new financial products and market infrastructures;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Separate vote on paragraph 2 Counted289 for, 351 against, 14 abstained RejectedRequested byseparate: Members
3Paragraph 7 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Observes moreover that existing tax rules have not fully kept pace with the emergence of new financial products and market infrastructures;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Paragraph 7 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “underlines that fragmentation is rapidly becoming more worrying with the success of neobanks, for example, digital-only banks, challenger banks or fintech banks; points out the significant increase in the share of cross-border deposits held by these banks in the last six years; underlines that differences in tax rules between banks and non-bank entities can create distortions;”Counted302 for, 279 against, 72 abstained AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
5Separate vote on paragraph 8 Counted364 for, 286 against, 3 abstained Adopted
6Amendment 3 to paragraph 27 A10-0169/2026 – Matthias Ecke – § 27 – Am 3 Roll call283 for, 341 against, 34 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: S&D
7Paragraph 27 — part 1 of 3 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘like more effective VAT grouping and options for reforming the VAT exemption, with a view to bringing forward a proposal to reform the VAT rules for the financial sector;’ and ‘emphasises that any such reform must also safeguard consumers and continue to ensure that the financial sector makes a fair contribution to public revenues;’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
8Paragraph 27 — part 2 of 3 Part voted on: “like more effective VAT grouping and options for reforming the VAT exemption, with a view to bringing forward a proposal to reform the VAT rules for the financial sector;”Counted257 for, 351 against, 41 abstained RejectedRequested bysplit: Members
9Paragraph 27 — part 3 of 3 Part voted on: “emphasises that any such reform must also safeguard consumers and continue to ensure that the financial sector makes a fair contribution to public revenues;”Counted378 for, 245 against, 28 abstained AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
10Paragraph 31 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘that reflects both value creation and negative externalities;’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
11Paragraph 31 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”Counted285 for, 342 against, 24 abstained RejectedRequested bysplit: Members
12Amendment 4 to paragraph 33 A10-0169/2026 – Matthias Ecke – § 33 – Am 4 Roll call214 for, 389 against, 54 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: S&D
13Amendment 5 to paragraph 34 A10-0169/2026 – Matthias Ecke – § 34 – Am 5 Roll call210 for, 393 against, 45 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: S&D
14Amendment 6 to paragraph 35 A10-0169/2026 – Matthias Ecke – § 35 – Am 6 Roll call279 for, 333 against, 41 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: S&D
15Final vote — text as a whole A10-0169/2026 – Matthias Ecke – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call418 for, 152 against, 85 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by S&D · split votes by Members (3) · separate votes by Members.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0169

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Parliament adopted a resolution calling for a coherent tax framework for the EU's financial sector, addressing issues like VAT exemptions and fragmented national taxes.

The adopted text is Parliament's official position, urging reforms to modernise VAT rules, coordinate EU-wide taxation, and set common standards for windfall taxes.

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This resolution addresses the fragmented taxation of the EU's financial sector, calling for reforms to the VAT exemption for financial services and for more coordinated tax rules to support the single market and the Savings and Investments Union.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/2117(INI) · Own-initiative report

A coherent tax framework for the EU's financial sector

Parliament adopted the text on 7 July 2026. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 23 January 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 3 June 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 11 June 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 7 July 2026 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: ECON · Author: Matthias ECKE (S&D)

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Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-07/13
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Data source
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “A coherent tax framework for the EU’s financial sector”. Decision, 7 July 2026. votingId 194927, document A-10-2026-0169, reference 2024/2117(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-07/13 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 7 July 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-07-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 7 July 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-07-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-07, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-07-07/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-07-07-13,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{A coherent tax framework for the EU’s financial sector}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-07-07},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-07/13}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-07/13},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 194927, document A-10-2026-0169, reference 2024/2117(INI). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-07-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-07-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-07 (CC BY 4.0)}
}