Increasing innovation, industrial and technological competitiveness
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Summary written by AI from the official roll-call record. It can make mistakes, so check the numbers.
- For465
- Against36
- Abstained50
- Absent152
- Margin
- +429
- Turnout
- 78%
How the groups voted
GroupForAgainstAbstainedAbsentUnity
The Left3731861067%
S&D14199053795%
Greens/EFA71
By country
- DE Germany67–10–2
- FR France38–3–23
- IT Italy59–0–0
- ES Spain43–4–0
- PL Poland42–0–0
- RO Romania19–0–0
- Netherlands
Every MEP
- Magdalena ADAMOWICZEPP · PL
- Asim ADEMOVEPP · BG
- Isabella ADINOLFIEPP · IT
- Matteo ADINOLFIID · IT
- Alex AGIUS SALIBAS&D · MT
- Mazaly AGUILARECR · ES
- Clara AGUILERAS&D · ES
- Abir AL-SAHLANIRenew · SE
- Alviina ALAMETSÄGreens/EFA · FI
- João ALBUQUERQUES&D · PT
- Alexander ALEXANDROV YORDANOVEPP · BG
- François ALFONSIGreens/EFA · FR
- Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELIRenew · BG
- Catherine AMALRICRenew · FR
- Andris AMERIKSS&D · LV
- Christine ANDERSONID · DE
- Rasmus ANDRESENGreens/EFA · DE
- Barry ANDREWSRenew · IE
- Mathilde ANDROUËTID · FR
- Marc ANGELS&D · LU
- Gerolf ANNEMANSID · BE
- Andrus ANSIPRenew · EE
- Attila ARA-KOVÁCSS&D · HU
- Maria ARENAS&D · BE
- Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍAEPP · ES
- Pascal ARIMONTEPP · BE
- Konstantinos ARVANITISThe Left · GR
- Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOUEPP · GR
- Manon AUBRYThe Left · FR
- Margrete AUKENGreens/EFA · DK
- Petras AUŠTREVIČIUSRenew · LT
- Carmen AVRAMS&D · RO
- Malik AZMANIRenew · NL
- Laura BALLARÍN CEREZAS&D · ES
- Marek Paweł BALTS&D · PL
- Jordan BARDELLAID · FR
- Katarina BARLEYS&D · DE
- Pietro BARTOLOS&D · IT
- Alessandra BASSOID · IT
- José Ramón BAUZÁ DÍAZRenew · ES
- Nicolas BAYNon-attached · FR
- Gunnar BECKID · DE
- Nicola BEERRenew · DE
- Tiziana BEGHINNon-attached · IT
- Aurélia BEIGNEUXID · FR
- Marek BELKAS&D · PL
- François-Xavier BELLAMYEPP · FR
- Dragoş BENEAS&D · RO
- Brando BENIFEIS&D · IT
- Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEAEPP · ES
- Hildegard BENTELEEPP · DE
- Tom BERENDSENEPP · NL
- Lars Patrick BERGECR · DE
- Stefan BERGEREPP · DE
- Erik BERGKVISTS&D · SE
- Sergio BERLATOECR · IT
- Alexander BERNHUBEREPP · AT
- Monika BEŇOVÁNon-attached · SK
- Robert BIEDROŃS&D · PL
- Adam BIELANECR · PL
From the Parliament's press release
- The European Parliament adopted by 465 votes to 36, with 50 abstentions, a resolution on increasing innovation, industrial and technological competitiveness through a favourable environment for start-ups and scale-ups.Members called on the Commission, in close cooperation with the Member States, to propose harmonised and broad definitions for a start-up and a scale-up respectively, based on scalability, while taking into account how they differ from one another and their particular status relative to SMEs. Although start-ups and SMEs have some overlapping interests, they differ substantially once they enter the fundraising, growth and maturity phases.Members are convinced that dedicated definitions will increase the opportunities for…