The Parliament adopted its own-initiative report on the feasibility of an optional "28th" EU-wide tax regime by 366 votes to 192 , with 39 abstentions, carried by a grand-coalition of the EPP, S&D, Renew and the Greens/EFA. The PfE, ECR and ESN voted against, as did most of the NI; The Left divided, with a minority in favour and a larger share against. As a non-legislative own-initiative report, the text creates no legal obligation on its own. Its weight is political: it sets out the Parliament's formal position on the idea of an optional pan-European tax framework and is intended to press the Commission to assess and potentially bring forward such a proposal to support the Union's competitiveness. The single vote on the whole text produced a broad centre majority spanning the EPP, S&D, Renew and the Greens/EFA, while the opposition came from the PfE, ECR and ESN. The Left was the one group split down the middle rather than lining up on one side, reflecting differing views on whether an optional EU-level regime would serve or undercut national tax powers.
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