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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Result of Roll-Call Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Result of Roll-call votes of 03.06.2021 Table of contents 1. Financial Activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2020, 2020/2124 (INI), Pedro Silva Pereira ............................................................................................................. 2 1.1. Vote on the text as amended ..................................................................................... 2 2. Creating an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable European tax system in the post-COVID economy, 2020/2259 (INI), Claude Gruffat................................................ 3 2.1. Vote on the text as amended ..................................................................................... 3 3. Commission Delegated Regulation extending the transitional period referred to in Article 89(1), first subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, 2021/2680 (DEA), Irene Tinagli ...................................................................... 4 3.1. Vote on the decision for a recommendation for "early non-objection" ........................ 4 Key to symbols: + : in favour - : against 0 : abstention Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 1. Financial Activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2020, 2020/2124(INI), Pedro Silva Pereira 1.1. Vote on the text as amended 49 + ID Francesca Donato, Valentino Grant, Antonio Maria Rinaldi, Marco Zanni PPE Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, Stefan Berger, Markus Ferber, Frances Fitzgerald, José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil, Danuta Maria Hübner, Othmar Karas, Georgios Kyrtsos, Aušra Maldeikienė, Fulvio Martusciello, Siegfried Mureşan, Luděk Niedermayer, Lídia Pereira, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Ralf Seekatz, Inese Vaidere Renew Gilles Boyer, Luis Garicano, Billy Kelleher, Ondřej Kovařík, Caroline Nagtegaal, Dragoș Pîslaru, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin S&D Marek Belka, Jonás Fernández, Eero Heinäluoma, Aurore Lalucq, Pedro Marques, Csaba Molnár, Evelyn Regner, Alfred Sant, Joachim Schuster, Pedro Silva Pereira, Paul Tang, Irene Tinagli The Left Manon Aubry, José Gusmão, Dimitrios Papadimoulis Verts/ALE Sven Giegold, Claude Gruffat, Stasys Jakeliūnas, Ville Niinistö, Piernicola Pedicini, Kira Marie Peter-Hansen, Ernest Urtasun 6 - ECR Michiel Hoogeveen ID Gunnar Beck, France Jamet, Jörg Meuthen NI Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos Renew Engin Eroglu 3 0 ECR Raffaele Fitto, Eugen Jurzyca, Roberts Zīle Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 2. Creating an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable European tax system in the post-COVID economy, 2020/2259(INI), Claude Gruffat 2.1. Vote on the text as amended 27 + PPE Sirpa Pietikäinen Renew Gilles Boyer, Engin Eroglu, Luis Garicano, Billy Kelleher, Dragoș Pîslaru S&D Marek Belka, Jonás Fernández, Eero Heinäluoma, Aurore Lalucq, Pedro Marques, Csaba Molnár, Evelyn Regner, Joachim Schuster, Pedro Silva Pereira, Paul Tang, Irene Tinagli The Left Manon Aubry, José Gusmão, Dimitrios Papadimoulis Verts/ALE Sven Giegold, Claude Gruffat, Stasys Jakeliūnas, Ville Niinistö, Piernicola Pedicini, Kira Marie Peter-Hansen, Ernest Urtasun 27 - ECR Raffaele Fitto, Michiel Hoogeveen, Eugen Jurzyca, Roberts Zīle ID Gunnar Beck, Francesca Donato, Valentino Grant, Jörg Meuthen, Antonio Maria Rinaldi, Marco Zanni NI Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos PPE Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, Stefan Berger, Markus Ferber, Frances Fitzgerald, José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil, Danuta Maria Hübner, Georgios Kyrtsos, Aušra Maldeikienė, Fulvio Martusciello, Siegfried Mureşan, Luděk Niedermayer, Lídia Pereira, Ralf Seekatz, Inese Vaidere Renew Ondřej Kovařík, Caroline Nagtegaal 4 0 ID France Jamet PPE Othmar Karas Renew Stéphanie Yon-Courtin S&D Alfred Sant Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 3. Commission Delegated Regulation extending the transitional period referred to in Article 89(1), first subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, 2021/2680(DEA), Irene Tinagli 3.1. Vote on the decision for a recommendation for "early non-objection" 52 + ECR Raffaele Fitto, Michiel Hoogeveen, Eugen Jurzyca, Roberts Zīle ID Francesca Donato, Valentino Grant, Antonio Maria Rinaldi, Marco Zanni PPE Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, Stefan Berger, Markus Ferber, Frances Fitzgerald, José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil, Danuta Maria Hübner, Othmar Karas, Georgios Kyrtsos, Aušra Maldeikienė, Fulvio Martusciello, Siegfried Mureşan, Luděk Niedermayer, Lídia Pereira, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Ralf Seekatz, Inese Vaidere Renew Gilles Boyer, Engin Eroglu, Luis Garicano, Billy Kelleher, Ondřej Kovařík, Caroline Nagtegaal, Dragoș Pîslaru, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin S&D Marek Belka, Jonás Fernández, Eero Heinäluoma, Aurore Lalucq, Pedro Marques, Costas Mavrides, Csaba Molnár, Evelyn Regner, Alfred Sant, Joachim Schuster, Pedro Silva Pereira, Paul Tang, Irene Tinagli Verts/ALE Sven Giegold, Claude Gruffat, Stasys Jakeliūnas, Ville Niinistö, Piernicola Pedicini, Kira Marie Peter-Hansen, Ernest Urtasun 6 - ID Gunnar Beck, Jörg Meuthen NI Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos The Left Manon Aubry, José Gusmão, Dimitrios Papadimoulis 1 0 ID France Jamet .
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