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Application of railway safety and interoperability rules within the Channel Fixed Link

Transport64%★
Confidence: 64%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "railway"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Vote ID 118161Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
18
/ 100

Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Procedural or paragraph vote
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Some MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+6 / 15
Turnout+5 / 5
Vote type+3 / 25
Close vote+0 / 15
Legislative+0 / 15
Rebel votes+4 / 10
Group division+0 / 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 “Application of railway safety and interoperability rules within the Channel Fixed Link”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (675 for, 6 against, 16 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For
675
Against
6
Abstain
16
Margin of victory
669 votes
Turnout (cast)
697
Absent
7
Participation rate
99.0%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP180 MEPs
For 179Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
S&D136 MEPs
For 134Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Renew101 MEPs
For 101Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Greens/EFA70 MEPs
For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
PfE66 MEPs
For 58Against 1Abstain 6Absent 1
ECR63 MEPs
For 59Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1
NI44 MEPs
For 33Against 3Abstain 7Absent 1
The Left38 MEPs
For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 2Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany85
  • France78
  • Italy75
  • Spain56
  • Poland52
Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium20 MEPs
For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 78Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Germany96 MEPs
For 85Against 0Abstain 10Absent 1
Greece21 MEPs
For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Italy76 MEPs
For 75Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Latvia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 27Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Portugal21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 56Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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