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Momentum for the ocean: strengthening ocean governance and biodiversity

Environment65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "biodiversity"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 148875Source: 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+8 / 15

Turnout+4 / 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 “Momentum for the ocean: strengthening ocean governance and biodiversity”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (468 for, 53 against, 34 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

468

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

415 votes

Turnout (cast)

555

Absent

149

Participation rate

78.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 126Against 12Abstain 2Absent 39

S&D136 MEPs

For 109Against 0Abstain 0Absent 27

Renew101 MEPs

For 74Against 5Abstain 5Absent 17

Greens/EFA72 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR62 MEPs

For 42Against 6Abstain 3Absent 11

PfE67 MEPs

For 6Against 24Abstain 17Absent 20

NI44 MEPs

For 24Against 3Abstain 4Absent 13

The Left37 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 2Absent 12

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany69
France54
Poland47
Italy37
Spain29

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Spain

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 2Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 11Abstain 1Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 69Against 7Abstain 1Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 1Absent 13

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 19Absent 20

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 5Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 29Against 18Abstain 0Absent 12

Sweden20 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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