← Votes·2021-07-06

The impact on the fishing sector of offshore windfarms and other renewable energy systems

Energy86%★

Confidence: 86%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "energy"
title/description contains "renewable"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Fisheries66%

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fishing"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 134878Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Energy
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 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 “The impact on the fishing sector of offshore windfarms and other renewable energy systems”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. Greens-EFA and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (512 for, 21 against, 159 abstentions).

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

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

512

Against

Abstain

159

Margin of victory

491 votes

Turnout (cast)

692

Absent

Participation rate

98.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 175Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 128Against 1Abstain 3Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 70Against 5Abstain 25Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 61Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 21Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 28Against 2Abstain 32Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 28Against 4Abstain 11Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 31Against 3Abstain 4Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany69
Italy63
Spain56
Romania32
Netherlands23

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 6Absent 2

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 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 6Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 57Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 69Against 3Abstain 24Absent 0

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 12Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 28Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

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