← Votes·2020-04-17

Specific measures to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in the fishery and aquaculture sector

Fisheries87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fishery"
title/description contains "aquaculture"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 113189Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “Specific measures to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in the fishery and aquaculture sector”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (606 for, 66 against, 17 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions.

Result analysis

For

606

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

540 votes

Turnout (cast)

689

Absent

Participation rate

97.9%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 175Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

S&D136 MEPs

For 130Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 100Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 11Against 57Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE66 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 6Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 34Against 4Abstain 4Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 34Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy75
France64
Germany56
Spain56
Poland49

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 64Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 56Against 24Abstain 11Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 49Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 56Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs