← Votes·2020-05-15

Provision of port services and financial transparency of ports: enabling managing bodies or competent authorities to provide flexibility in respect of the levying of port infrastructure charges in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak

Vote ID 114477Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 “Provision of port services and financial transparency of ports: enabling managing bodies or competent authorities to provide flexibility in respect of the levying of port infrastructure charges in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak”. Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (331 for, 348 against, 15 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

331

Against

348

Abstain

Margin of victory

17 votes

Turnout (cast)

694

Absent

Participation rate

98.6%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 17 votes. 10 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (10) was not larger than the 17-vote margin.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 21Against 155Abstain 0Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 6Against 126Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 90Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

PfE66 MEPs

For 53Against 11Abstain 1Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 54Against 7Abstain 2Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 15Against 26Abstain 2Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 22Against 6Abstain 10Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France59
Poland28
Netherlands17
Czech Republic16
Belgium15

Most against

Germany51
Italy39
Spain39
Romania24
Hungary19

Divided delegations

Austria
Estonia
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 59Against 14Abstain 6Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 39Against 51Abstain 0Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 19Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 39Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 10Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 28Against 22Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 24Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 19Against 39Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 1Absent 0

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