← Votes·2022-05-03

Toward a sustainable blue economy in the EU: the role of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors

Fisheries87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fisheries"
title/description contains "aquaculture"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 142087Source: 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 “Toward a sustainable blue economy in the EU: the role of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (494 for, 66 against, 66 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

494

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

428 votes

Turnout (cast)

626

Absent

Participation rate

88.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 150Against 4Abstain 3Absent 22

S&D136 MEPs

For 125Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Renew101 MEPs

For 85Against 4Abstain 5Absent 7

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

PfE67 MEPs

For 9Against 17Abstain 30Absent 11

ECR63 MEPs

For 7Against 35Abstain 13Absent 8

NI44 MEPs

For 26Against 3Abstain 6Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 7Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany75
France48
Spain46
Italy39
Romania24

Most against

Poland23

Divided delegations

Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 1Abstain 14Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 75Against 8Abstain 3Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 9Abstain 20Absent 8

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 23Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 7Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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