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EC/Gabon Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol

Fisheries66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fisheries"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 137644Source: 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
✓Strong 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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “EC/Gabon Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol”. EPP, S&D, Renew and ECR voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly against. PfE, Left and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (478 for, 148 against, 71 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

478

Against

148

Abstain

Margin of victory

330 votes

Turnout (cast)

697

Absent

Participation rate

98.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 175Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

S&D136 MEPs

For 114Against 19Abstain 1Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 98Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 1Against 67Abstain 1Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 15Against 18Abstain 34Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 55Against 5Abstain 3Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 17Against 18Abstain 8Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 16Abstain 20Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland51
Spain47
Germany41
Italy38
Romania33

Most against

France48

Divided delegations

Finland
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 29Against 48Abstain 1Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 41Against 38Abstain 13Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 7Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 12Abstain 25Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 51Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 47Against 7Abstain 5Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

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