← Votes·2021-10-06

The Arctic: opportunities, concerns and security challenges

Vote ID 136004Source: 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
✓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+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “The Arctic: opportunities, concerns and security challenges”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour. Greens-EFA, Left and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (506 for, 36 against, 140 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

506

Against

Abstain

140

Margin of victory

470 votes

Turnout (cast)

682

Absent

Participation rate

96.9%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 172Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 0Abstain 6Absent 7

Renew101 MEPs

For 97Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 37Against 18Abstain 12Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 65Absent 6

ECR63 MEPs

For 53Against 1Abstain 9Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 21Against 9Abstain 11Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 30Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy70
Poland51
Germany49
Spain47
France34

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 6Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 5Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 34Against 23Abstain 21Absent 1

Germany95 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 37Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 8Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 4Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 7Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 12Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 9Absent 1

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