← Votes·2021-04-27

Soil protection

Vote ID 130450Source: 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+10 / 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 “Soil protection”. S&D, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (335 for, 349 against, 14 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

335

Against

349

Abstain

Margin of victory

14 votes

Turnout (cast)

698

Absent

Participation rate

99.0%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 14 votes. 7 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (7) was not larger than the 14-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 33Against 138Abstain 5Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 133Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Renew101 MEPs

For 11Against 89Abstain 1Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 18Against 48Abstain 1Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 6Against 53Abstain 3Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 26Against 13Abstain 4Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France57
Germany48
Spain33
Austria15
Belgium14

Most against

Italy43
Poland40
Romania23
Hungary15
Czech Republic14

Divided delegations

Croatia
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 57Against 21Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 48Against 47Abstain 0Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 5Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 43Abstain 1Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 14Abstain 3Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 11Against 40Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 23Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 33Against 26Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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