← Votes·2021-10-05

Rebuilding fish stocks in the Mediterranean

Fisheries66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fish stock"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 135952Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

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

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Rebuilding fish stocks in the Mediterranean”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. Greens-EFA and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (582 for, 5 against, 100 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

582

Against

Abstain

100

Margin of victory

577 votes

Turnout (cast)

687

Absent

Participation rate

97.6%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 173Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

Renew101 MEPs

For 97Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 67Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 7Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 57Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 33Against 1Abstain 8Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 31Against 1Abstain 6Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy70
France61
Spain56
Germany55
Poland51

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 7Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 18Absent 0

Germany95 MEPs

For 55Against 1Abstain 35Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 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 24Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

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