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Common fisheries policy (CFP): restrictions to the access to Union waters

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 150126Source: 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 national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 “Common fisheries policy (CFP): restrictions to the access to Union waters”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (608 for, 13 against, 9 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

608

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

595 votes

Turnout (cast)

630

Absent

Participation rate

89.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 154Against 5Abstain 0Absent 20

S&D136 MEPs

For 125Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Renew100 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR64 MEPs

For 55Against 1Abstain 3Absent 5

PfE65 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 5Absent 12

NI45 MEPs

For 33Against 5Abstain 0Absent 7

The Left37 MEPs

For 31Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany84
France70
Italy67
Spain53
Poland48

Most against

Ireland7

Divided delegations

Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 2Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 84Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy75 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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