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Key objectives for the CITES CoP19 meeting in Panama

Vote ID 148546Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium 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+7 / 10

Group division+6 / 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 “Key objectives for the CITES CoP19 meeting in Panama”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (549 for, 28 against, 50 abstentions).

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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

549

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

521 votes

Turnout (cast)

627

Absent

Participation rate

89.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 142Against 13Abstain 3Absent 21

S&D136 MEPs

For 120Against 1Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew101 MEPs

For 87Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

Greens/EFA72 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE67 MEPs

For 29Against 8Abstain 24Absent 6

ECR62 MEPs

For 37Against 2Abstain 16Absent 7

NI44 MEPs

For 30Against 1Abstain 7Absent 6

The Left37 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany75
France70
Poland47
Italy40
Spain35

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 75Against 8Abstain 3Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 1Abstain 24Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 35Against 11Abstain 4Absent 9

Sweden20 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

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