← Votes·2022-10-04

Striving for a sustainable and competitive EU aquaculture: the way forward

Fisheries66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "aquaculture"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 148321Source: 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+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+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 “Striving for a sustainable and competitive EU aquaculture: the way forward”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (486 for, 105 against, 27 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

486

Against

105

Abstain

Margin of victory

381 votes

Turnout (cast)

618

Absent

Participation rate

87.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 161Against 2Abstain 0Absent 16

S&D136 MEPs

For 110Against 0Abstain 7Absent 19

Renew101 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 4Absent 14

Greens/EFA72 MEPs

For 2Against 61Abstain 1Absent 8

PfE67 MEPs

For 53Against 5Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR62 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

NI44 MEPs

For 22Against 8Abstain 5Absent 9

The Left37 MEPs

For 0Against 28Abstain 5Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy58
France51
Germany51
Poland47
Spain39

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Germany
Greece
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 51Against 16Abstain 7Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 51Against 33Abstain 0Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 58Against 6Abstain 0Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 6Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 39Against 6Abstain 4Absent 10

Sweden20 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

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