← Votes·2022-12-13

Action plan to boost long distance and cross border passenger rail

Vote ID 150940Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 10

Group division+6 / 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 “Action plan to boost long distance and cross border passenger rail”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (524 for, 38 against, 50 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

524

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

486 votes

Turnout (cast)

612

Absent

Participation rate

86.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 158Against 0Abstain 4Absent 17

S&D137 MEPs

For 101Against 0Abstain 2Absent 34

Renew100 MEPs

For 73Against 16Abstain 2Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 50Against 1Abstain 14Absent 6

PfE65 MEPs

For 54Against 1Abstain 5Absent 5

ECR64 MEPs

For 54Against 2Abstain 1Absent 7

NI45 MEPs

For 24Against 5Abstain 9Absent 7

The Left37 MEPs

For 4Against 13Abstain 12Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany68
Italy67
Poland47
Spain45
France31

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Cyprus

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 31Against 15Abstain 20Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 68Against 2Abstain 4Absent 22

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 3Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 11Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 3Abstain 4Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

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