← Votes·2021-01-21

More fish in the seas? Measures to promote stock recovery above the Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY), including fish recovery areas and marine protected areas

Vote ID 127165Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “More fish in the seas? Measures to promote stock recovery above the Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY), including fish recovery areas and marine protected areas”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE and ECR voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (362 for, 248 against, 71 abstentions).

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Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

362

Against

248

Abstain

Margin of victory

114 votes

Turnout (cast)

681

Absent

Participation rate

96.9%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 10Against 140Abstain 20Absent 8

S&D136 MEPs

For 129Against 1Abstain 3Absent 3

Renew100 MEPs

For 74Against 7Abstain 17Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 2Against 43Abstain 19Absent 3

ECR63 MEPs

For 13Against 44Abstain 5Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 25Against 13Abstain 4Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany47
France46
Spain34
Czech Republic18
Romania18

Most against

Poland40
Italy34
Netherlands16
Hungary13
Bulgaria9

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Croatia
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 8Absent 1

Belgium20 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 6Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 28Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 27Abstain 19Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 34Abstain 8Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 40Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 34Against 16Abstain 7Absent 2

Sweden20 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1

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